Jack Lehtonen
10Apr11
That little thing he does with his fingers....
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Matt Burgess
21May12
Unbelievably messy and bloated "epic" yet has moments of dreamy and ridiculous beauty. Its weirdly endearing in "drug fucked basement dwelling geek's barely coherent sci-fi fantasies somehow get a multi-million dollar budget" kind of way and worth at least one look
Coheed 2.0
13May12
It is not the disaster of titanic proportions I remember it from the first viewing, but a drudge to sit through. Except for a few moments, its a director high off a cult hit trying to grapple with the society of the United States at the time and being completely inept in his attempts, the constant bombardment of issues within one work falling flat. Only Dwayne Johnson tries to salvage the thing.
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Westley
8Nov11
This movie is just so freakin' wierd. It's funny too. Some witty, satirical humor. I'm not sure what the movie means, but that's okay. Many of the best movies need time to sink in and multiple viewings to appreciate. I've seen this twice now and I liked it better the second time. I imagine I'll like it even more the third time. That's a sign that this is something truly compelling.
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Andhika Eka Buana
27Jul11
Way too underrated. Yes i'm agree that at first this one feels like a mess. Convoluted and shit. But this high concept second feature of Richard Kelly should really deserve another round of try.
Jack Lehtonen
10Apr11
One thing people tend to not mention is that Dwayne Johnson gives one of the funniest performances of the 2000s in this.
Qiydaar Foster
21Mar11
Such an ambitious mess that I'm gonna watch it again on netflix in a few minutes.
Lee
10Mar11
It works for me. The JT music sequence is incredible. I like the idea of the apocalypse coming from the wasted intellects of an entire generation.
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Lucas Schlemper
13Jan11
Krysta Now saved this movie to be a completely loss of time. She deserves the 3 stars rate by herself.
Ryan A. Pearce
11Jan11
Absurd, frustrating, wanky. Somehow, against all odds, I managed to enjoy it.
Daniel Duffy
10Dec10
I'm not sure what to make of Southland Tales. Following Donnie Darko, I felt he could do much better. The plot was way too layered for much of it to make sense, but then again, that was my first impression of Donnie Darko as well. I'm getting that multiple viewings are in order, to understand it more. Richard Kelly explains that it's meant as a comedy, but it wasn't all that apparent to me. Need more viewings...
fabridoss
25May10
I have hated the film, but I must agree with Daniel when he says Richard Kelly is an UFO in Hollywood. His weirdness is welcome even in a "too much muchness" like Southland Tales. However, it seems to me that he is still growing up in a way we can expect a great piece of cinema in a few years. Something even better than Donnie Darko, which is one of the most interesting films of the last years.
floserber
12Apr10
Richard Kelly definitely is a fan of Philip K.Dick, it's obvious in this film, so the scenario is quite interesting but the general postmodernist aesthetic of the movie is a little bit weak in my opinion: it goes in every direction, maybe it was his purpose to saturate his movie, but sometimes it's just seem a little bit "too much", it could have been a really good movie if some sequences were build in a simpler way
Daniel S.
17Mar10
Well, it seems that we are not so many to have loved this film. Too bad because tomorrow will be merciful to us. Richard Kelly is an UFO in the sad Hollywood sky, his screenplays reflect the anxieties of an artist in front of the world he lives in. His vision is smart, coherent and, most of all, bitter. Masterpiece.
Weena Eloi
27Feb10
Caaa! Begone with yer pestilence & yer wee bullshitty ideas, ye vermin filmmaker Kelly, ye!
Danny Derakhshan
1Feb10
I admit it readily: I liked it. Some great performances by actors I didn't believe had it in them. Sean William Scott is amazing and it was great to see John Larroquette and Jon Lovitz. The representation of Los Angeles as a corrupt town full of porn and everything fake while the impending doom going on was truthful.