Waste of Talent

jlacerra

I must be really missing something.  I watched this movie and saw a meandering voyeuristic doting on what appear to be spoiled pseudo-intelligent rich brats, their mentally comatose father, his grand-daughter, and their hired keeper.  The players are all virtually perfect in their roles, but are wasted in this looney home movie with no point.  The boyfriend Chris at first appears fairly normal, but later he seems caught up in their uninhibited self-indulgence.  I don't even want to think about the helicopter!

The only really sympathetic character in the picture is the patriarch of this strange brood, ably played by Harry Dean Stanton.  His attempt to passively transfer from the asylum into a somewhat normal life is thwarted by the harridan he tries to partner up with.  We see and applaud his withdrawal from the mayhem.

Look for a bit role filled by a young Tim Robbins.

score /10

jlacerra 11 August 2004

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw0263244/