I nominate Gus Van Sant’s Restless. It plays like a parody of the quirky indie dramedy that rips off an early prototype of the genre, Harold and Maude, through a Garden State-grade wannabe Wes Anderson filter. Hackery that rings utterly false from substituting moth-eaten cliches for any earned sentiment, drama, and realism. It should be retitled Not Another Indie Dramedy.
After watching Death Sentence, a terrible movie starring Kevin Bacon as a father in search of vigilante justice directed by Saw's James Wan, Gabe embarked on The Hunt For The Worst Movie of All Time. This is his sad journey.
I nominate Gus Van Sant’s Restless. It plays like a parody of the quirky indie dramedy that rips off an early prototype of the genre, Harold and Maude, through a Garden State-grade wannabe Wes Anderson filter. Hackery that rings utterly false from substituting moth-eaten cliches for any earned sentiment, drama, and realism. It should be retitled Not Another Indie Dramedy.