I Heart Huckabees Reviews

We often talk about how many actors managed to make some impressive come-backs in their career but, very often, we tend to forget that for some directors, the path was also pretty hazardous and David O. Russell is one perfect example. Indeed, after helming 3 movies, he was hailed as the next best thing. Unfortunately, even though Russell was definitely a talented director, he also had some issues and he got the reputation of being quite impossible to work with. As a result, Russell managed to make only one movie between 1999 and 2010, the barely seen ‘I Heart Huckabees’. Even though this movie barely got noticed when it was released, I was still eager to check it out but what a weird movie... Seriously, it must be one of the weirdest movies I have ever seen. It was basically some kind of surrealist comedy and David O. Russell himself referred to it as his ‘midlife crisis movie’. I thought it was not bad at all and there was a really impressive  cast involved (Jason Schwartzman, Isabelle Huppert, Dustin Hoffman, Lily Tomlin, Jude Law, Mark Wahlberg, Naomi Watts, Saïd Taghmaoui, Jonah Hill, Isla Fisher, Talia Shire and even Shania Twain). Seriously, if you think that Mark Wahlberg can't act, you should really check this movie. To conclude, even though it is probably an acquire taste, it was a nice daft comedy and I think it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in David O. Russell’s work.