Not only is this movie depressing, dull, dreary and dragging, it has a nasty little pretentiousness to it. Yes, it's a couple hours of boring nastiness, almost a feat in itself. If it wasn't so painful to watch, I'd nominate it as a landmark in the history of bad cinema.
Sean Penn, noted Venezuela tourist and depressing film veteran, gives an irritating performance as a nasty little loser. The main character, a wretched, failed tire salesman, does absolutely nothing in this story that has the slightest bit of interest to the average film viewer. The story goes on and on, documenting not only his failings but his inability to cope with them. Basically, it's two hours of a jerk feeling sorry for himself.
This is based on a true story which did not deserve to have any money at all invested in making a feature about it. It's a bad story, for one, with nothing, absolutely nothing, to recommend the time needed to watch it. The disconnect between the Hollywood 'intellectuals' and the film going public continues. It's not gonna get any better.
Sean Penn, noted Venezuela tourist and depressing film veteran, gives an irritating performance as a nasty little loser. The main character, a wretched, failed tire salesman, does absolutely nothing in this story that has the slightest bit of interest to the average film viewer. The story goes on and on, documenting not only his failings but his inability to cope with them. Basically, it's two hours of a jerk feeling sorry for himself.
This is based on a true story which did not deserve to have any money at all invested in making a feature about it. It's a bad story, for one, with nothing, absolutely nothing, to recommend the time needed to watch it. The disconnect between the Hollywood 'intellectuals' and the film going public continues. It's not gonna get any better.