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Rohal's first full length movie won awards at various film festivals. That being said, it does not make it enjoyable.
The movie strings together stories from a small, obviously poor, rural town somewhere in the east coast (it was shot in Pennsylvania). The movie has been compared to Napoleon Dynamite, which I could see, if Napoleon Dynamite was really, really depressing.
The main subject of the movie, Donald, disappears amid strange happenings at the town's power plant. He is never found (which isn't surprising, since no one is really looking for him), but his actions affect everyone. Except they don't, really. His girlfriend kills his pet turtle by throwing it off a cliff (so they can get a dog, because the turtle's shell is acidic and a dog would lick it and get sick) with no remorse. So Donald goes out to catch a dog for his pregnant girlfriend (who we are to assume is his, although it's never specifically mentioned). While he is tracking an old woman's lost dog, the dog whizzes on a power transformer and gets electrocuted. Donald takes the dog, parks his car in a field, and thus is gone from the movie. Some kids find his car and joy-ride it, selling it to a dealership, where the car is traded around town to the various characters. At the end of the movie, the car drives itself backwards to a park where an unsuccessful suicide victim drives it away.
Through the middle of the movie, there is much overacting and unexplained occurrences (such as the woman who attends her own funeral, then later on is re-united with her dead dog -- which I would chalk up to her being dead the whole movie, except she interacts with a living character by giving him food), all overlaid by a decent soundtrack that overuses the sound of a didgeridoo. I love indie films, but this was poorly executed. There may be a vein of people who love this movie, but for the average viewer, it's a waste of time. Rent it before you buy it.
score 3/10
stealingvanity 9 November 2008
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