Julien Donkey-Boy

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Summary: Julien and Fondue
Review: Well worth it. I recommend having a fondue party and wearing your grandmother's best moomoo. Definitely put the hair in rollers, and black knee highs will only add to the viewing enjoyment. Harmony has outdone himself with this one! Somewhat loose in the beginning, but by time the cheese is running low, you'll find yourself in heaven. The added commentary at the end makes it well worth the duckets you'll drop. A real family movie. Watch it again and again.

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Summary: dIDN'T know what to expect
Review: Well.I thought the movie was better than expected. I thought it was going to be plotless like some reviewers said, or really really good. Frist of all it is not plotless, it does have definite meaning although it goes off to a slow start. I mean you kind of realize how messed up this family is at the first sight, you know something is not right, and at the end you really see, and realize that you know people are living just like this in America, maybe not a mirror image but pretty damn similar. So, give it a chance, it's not like it's a 3-hour long movie, watch it and decide for yourself!

Rating:
Summary: "Don't like the artsy-fartsy"
Review: While not quite the freakshow of "Gummo", "Julien Donkey Boy" is still a difficult watch. While compelled to take in the effects of schizophrenia on your average dysfunctional family, the video effects make ordinary scenes a torture to sit through. There seems to be a need for realism, but these cutaways to other jarring images in slow motion are slightly self-indulgent (Uhh - I believe the whole point of Dogme95 was not to be self-indulgent or what you can do with your cameras slow shutter speed.)
Performances by Ewen Bremmer, Werner Herzog and Chloe Sevigny are worthwhile. The actors improv adds to Korine's trademark neo-documentary style, but there doesn't seem to be much narrative plot they can follow. He also does lapse into his habit of unflinchingly looking at the grotesque, deformed, or freakish - which in this context, could be gratuitous considering the subject matter. His earlier film "Gummo" at least put his desolate subjects more into context.

Rating:
Summary: "Don't like the artsy-fartsy"
Review: While not quite the freakshow of "Gummo", "Julien Donkey Boy" is still a difficult watch. While compelled to take in the effects of schizophrenia on your average dysfunctional family, the video effects make ordinary scenes a torture to sit through. There seems to be a need for realism, but these cutaways to other jarring images in slow motion are slightly self-indulgent (Uhh - I believe the whole point of Dogme95 was not to be self-indulgent or what you can do with your cameras slow shutter speed.)
Performances by Ewen Bremmer, Werner Herzog and Chloe Sevigny are worthwhile. The actors improv adds to Korine's trademark neo-documentary style, but there doesn't seem to be much narrative plot they can follow. He also does lapse into his habit of unflinchingly looking at the grotesque, deformed, or freakish - which in this context, could be gratuitous considering the subject matter. His earlier film "Gummo" at least put his desolate subjects more into context.