Friday, 4 January 2013

man child problems


Dark Horse (2011)

Written and directed by Todd Solondz this film stars Jordan Gelber, Selma Blair and Christopher Walken. A spoilt man child falls in love with a melodramatic, over medicated, depressed girl and things go strangely.

Despite only an 84 minute run time this film suffers from a plot that especially in the final third meanders and does not go anywhere. The jaunting switches between fantasy and reality sequences are not too bad although I am not sure when the final few scenes shift to the point of view of another character. It is hard to find much charm in the self interested characters and the few moments of dark comedy are not really enough to carry this film.

2/5

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