Right before I saw this film I ran across a listing of unproduced David Lynch projects and this film was on it. Lynch didn't think he could get it to work and so executive produced the film for Duwayne Dunham who was Lynch's editor.
This is an absurd fairy tale about a utopian community where a guy named Joe ends up in position of power.
I am not going to guess whether you like this or not. You will either love its wacky sense of reality and sense of humor or you won't. Its a mannered film with everyone leaning into the silliness and the positive attitude.
I liked the film I didn't love it. The problem for me is that the film chipper/vaudvillian tone didn't completely work for me. The insistance of keeping the theatrical dialog and delivery of the source play with the real world setting didn't work for me. Its a daring choice, but it doesn't work and creates a distance and the wrong sense of unreality.
If you are a David Lynch completeist or someone who doesn't want a typical Hollywood film give this film a shot.
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