ok so i got this movie because of the obvious’s The director from $imdb(Three Kings) and $imdb(Naomi Watts) and $imdb(Jason Schwartzman) i was sucked in. I had to watch it. Take the fun of three kings and put it into criterion films like movie. you get something like $imdb(I Heart Huckabees). I loved some of the set like the chalk board that was ingenious. I didnt like the goofy CGI they used. Just wasn't what i like to see in a movie today. The color was great and any scene with Naomi is sweet. There are jokes in the movie that are awesome, i also like that Jason and Mark have a few scenes where they just start eating licorice of different colors its great.
now for the cynical side of kelly that i like to whip out on all movies anymore. what i didnt like, first this movie didnt go anywhere it started just about as weird as it ended. i am going to ruin the story line but if you read the back of the box you wont see anything that isnt a surprise. This movie was basically (i felt) about why we are here, why we exist, why do i interact with you and why why why why.
I dont have that question, so for me this movie was mostly blah blah blah. It was funny but i cant say that it made me jump out of my seat. Essentially Jason is lost and needs help he turns to some people who have a answer in the mix of it all he figures things out for himself. Along the way they have a side character get into the love interest, but its so obscure that it makes no real movie connections. Then Jason has some rather oddly placed sex in the mud, i think it was to show that the answer was that love pulls people together. But what the hell in the mud? what was that. Then you have this antagonist who just mostly runs around making a mess of the plot lines.
This movie gets a 2.5 star, i didn't like it that much but there was a lot of fun mixed in with the weird.