As "art" I GET The Assistant.
MINI-SPOILERS BELOW : )
It makes the point about what it's like to work in this kind of environment. It makes the point about the hard work and long hours. It makes the point about what working for this kind of boss does to a person. It makes the point in a mundane, slow-paced kind of way. Yes there is some tension but it doesn't "build" as much as it "reveals". I was never caught up in the story. I kept waiting for the thing to happen. What thing? ANYthing. So it left me more disappointed than glad a watched it. Yes it was well acted and shot - I was just never engaged.
If you have a playback device like a PS4 that can play movies at 1.5 speed (Where you can still hear and see the dialogue and "action", you could watch it like that and save some time! (I know, I know it ruins the pacing and INTENTION of the film) But I am wishing I had watched it on my PS4 after my dissapointment...
It makes the point about what it's like to work in this kind of environment. It makes the point about the hard work and long hours. It makes the point about what working for this kind of boss does to a person. It makes the point in a mundane, slow-paced kind of way. Yes there is some tension but it doesn't "build" as much as it "reveals". I was never caught up in the story. I kept waiting for the thing to happen. What thing? ANYthing. So it left me more disappointed than glad a watched it. Yes it was well acted and shot - I was just never engaged.
If you have a playback device like a PS4 that can play movies at 1.5 speed (Where you can still hear and see the dialogue and "action", you could watch it like that and save some time! (I know, I know it ruins the pacing and INTENTION of the film) But I am wishing I had watched it on my PS4 after my dissapointment...