In 16 years of attending the Tribeca Festival I've never seen anything quite like SO FAR ALL GOOD and I pray never to do so again.
This is the story of a young man who just gets out of prison and then tries to get money and find his ex-girlfriend or something.
Told largely in jittery cam close ups of the main character's face- largely just his face- we listen to him prattle on about different things while the people on screen try to get him to go away or ramble on in their own WTF monologs. Other than no one really liking him (His mother won't take his calls, his ex ran off with another guy, clerks want him out of their stores) we don't know much. There is no details who anyone is or what is going on. There are a few conversations, mostly its just monologs. Things just happen with no explaination- for example he argues about a cellphone but doesn't have enough money, but suddenly he has a phone. He seems to be searching for drugs, but he steals some from somewhere unexplained and tries to sell them. Someone is looking for him, but why or who we are never told. Then 75 minutes in he stands on a subway platform and the film just ends.
How this was picked to screen anywhere is beyond me.
I have never seen anything like this. Almost every other film I have ever seen has something to make it make sense in its own universe. Most other bad films were made with love and a sense they were trying. I don't know what this was made with. It feels like some one was challeneged to make a film more awful and nonsensical the THE ROOM and remove converstations and characters.
I was going to bail until Matt turned to me and said he would rather watch A FRAME, a film that he turned to me mid screening and asked him to kill him. It then became a game to try and out last the film and not bite off my tongue and choke myself with it.
I'm not kidding and my comments should not be taken as a challenge, rather as a warning. You can't riff this film because there is nowhere to put the jokes.
No one should ever see SO FAR ALL GOOD and it should die a sad lonely death.
Agreed! I started to watch and stopped after about 3 minutes and I don’t think I have ever done this!!!
ReplyDeleteI disagree I thought it was great.. u just don’t get it..
ReplyDeleteYou couldn’t have been any more vague or immature about this review. They are still kids and they have achieved more than you ever will. At least they are pushing themselves to be great instead of shitting on peoples art instead of finding anything good to say.
ReplyDeleteIt’s the type of movie you need to watch fully and maybe twice to fully understand and immerse yourself within the characters life.. For a budget less film the effort was phenomenal..
ReplyDeleteI thought it was great
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