January 18th
Tara Cinema
I've had a hard time coming up with what to say about this story of suburban dystopia. It's ostensibly about the masks we wear to keep up appearances, yet everyone in it seems so obviously transparent. But I guess that's the point - it's transparent to us, the viewer, because the camera lingers on the actors in a way we never linger looking at people in real life. To stare so intently would be rude. And we're also not filtering their expressions through our own desires, so we're not seeing simply what we want or hope to see.
Anyway, if you ever need to see a movie to make you glad you haven't achieved the house with the picket fence and the 2.5 kids, this'll more than do the trick.
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