Synopsis
Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.
2020 Directed by Charlie Kaufman
Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.
Charlie Kaufman Anthony Bregman Robert Salerno Matt Levin Stefanie Azpiazu Dawn Mountain Gregory Zuk Peter Cron Raffaello Vignoli
Too dumb to understand this. Said as much out loud when the movie ended and my friends confidently explained the synopsis, and I literally did not pick up on any of it. Felt like I was listening to freeform jazz only to have the lights come on and see everybody crying. It sure felt like a nice movie though! Everyone’s just bringing their A game here. Buckley is such a talent, and Toni Collette is one of the funniest actors we have.
Maybe one day I will read one (1) book and my brain will have swollen enough to come back to this and understand everything– much like Keanu Reeves in the popular film Matrix! Now that’s a movie. Bullet go slow... he do karate... what if life was a computer... what if the sky was green... freacking epic :) I’m thinking of rewatching things! Things meaning Keanu movies!!! People keep askin’ if I’m ending things... yeah, I’m thinkin’ I’m ending things!!!
while iain reid's novel extracts horror from blood and dread, charlie kaufman's interpretation extracts it from existentialism, from the unavoidability of aging, from the unease of being perceived, from the eeriness permeating the claustrophobic atmosphere. they both tell the same story in completely different ways, which is exactly what a book-to-film adaptation should aim to do.
in the book, there's a fascinating passage about how humans need allegory and metaphor in order to more comprehensively understand the world around us. this is the most central idea of the film, i think: our tendency to tell ourselves stories in order to live (a personal fav sub-genre of mine, thank you joan didion). especially as it seems to function as an unexpected…
how many times does toni collette have to scream before y'all finally give her the oscar
i can almost feel the sexual tension between male directors and time...... so hot 😍😍😍
Every single line of dialogue in this movie is entirely deliberate, a piece of an exceedingly intricate puzzle that you slowly start to piece together over the course of the film's runtime. Shockingly, at no point does it become tedious, repetitive, or boring. It's a genuine thrill to see how even the most mundane conversation can be warped into something far more important and meaningful over time.
I can't even begin to process how deeply this movie affected me. I outright sobbed at multiple intervals, even though I legitimately had no idea what was going on in the story. Many people will view this movie the same way Jake's dad views abstract art: nothing more than an empty mess devoid of any true meaning. However, I consider this unabashedly bizarre masterpiece to be one of the most profound, genius (not genus) works of art I've ever experienced.
It almost makes me want to give the musical Oklahoma another chance. Almost.
“The world is larger than the inside of your own head” - Charlie Kaufman lmao that’s the opposite of most of his movies
“It’s beautiful out here (the country) in a bleak heartbroken kind of way”
“Wife shaped loneliness” - from a straight woman hmmm
Some scenes were great, others sucked. I like the foundation of this movie and look forward to see how these “fever dream” films become more polished over time because there is HUGE potential in this genre I just made up
Perhaps I could put my 14 years of classical ballet training to use by being in a charlie kaufman film just food for thought
you know a family is gonna be fucked up if toni collette is playing the mom
Jesus, Kaufman is still haunted by the exact same questions as ever.
Anyways, I'm too dumb for this. Will be needing a rewatch. Or two.
This esoteric rule-breaker is set to such a high level of opacity that it becomes impossible to analyze or discuss.
Charlie Kaufman's latest was exactly what I expected, but left me feeling disengaged and lost.
Careful what you wish for, I guess.
👍🏻68%
B-
Good Time, No Alcohol Required
Low Matinee
Several decades from now, people will find this movie and keep rating it 5 stars and keep talking about it. It'll blow. They'll make a statue of Charlie Kaufman next to Rotating Kafka's head in Prague. The year is 2050.
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