Perfect movie for the college crowd

susansweb

I first saw this movie when I was 22 and I thought it was fantastic.  I have seen it several times since then and each time I enjoy it but I don't have the enthusiasm that I once had.  That might be, because every Hal Hartley movie I have seen since (three others) is exactly the same in dialogue, acting and direction.  But enough on the negative.  The positive - the cast: Robert Burke, Adrienne Shelley and the rest do a great job.  I really enjoyed the dialogue, there doesn't seem to be a wasted word and all of the push fighting.  How come Seagal doesn't try that?  So, in summary, this is the best Hartley film so far.

score 8/10

susansweb 20 December 2001

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