If, somehow, you wanted to take the story of Rob Ford, distill it through about twenty different filters, tell it partially and poorly through the eyes of a hapless protagonist, have this character get completely pummeled by his opposite number and then make it appear as though a Kubrick-esque death occurred before the editing process could be completed, you would almost be able to get the picture of a mediocre film of maybe 4.5 stars or so.
This film falls way short of even that bar. It's a pessimistic (and certainly stereotypical) essay of millennials set against a historical backdrop that ends up doing no angle justice. Maybe there is a better cut of this from the massive amounts of footage available or maybe it's just this incomplete. In retrospect it almost feels like a film-school assignment of 'fix this and make it work' that the fictitious student would then have to tackle. My problem is I've seen quite a few film school projects and group-edits and this film falls short of even those attempts.
This film falls way short of even that bar. It's a pessimistic (and certainly stereotypical) essay of millennials set against a historical backdrop that ends up doing no angle justice. Maybe there is a better cut of this from the massive amounts of footage available or maybe it's just this incomplete. In retrospect it almost feels like a film-school assignment of 'fix this and make it work' that the fictitious student would then have to tackle. My problem is I've seen quite a few film school projects and group-edits and this film falls short of even those attempts.