Lost in London Reviews

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Woody Harrelson, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, at least, you have to admit that it was an ambitious project. Not only Harrelson was directing for the first time but he also wrote the damned thing but it went just way beyond that. Indeed, it was shot with only one take and it was even broadcasted live while it was filmed in a few theatres. On top of that, it was also fairly meta as Harrelson was playing himself with another actress playing his wife. By the way, it was a nice touch that they hired an Asian actress to play this character (Laura Louie, Harrelson's actual wife, is indeed Asian) but Eleanor Matsuura was maybe 20 years too young to play this part. Anyway, as a result, this movie did feel sometimes more like some performance Art than an actual movie. So, for its experimental aspect, I’m willing to give this flick a few extra points but, to be honest, it wasn’t really good, I’m afraid. Concerning the one take gimmick, sure, it is something actually terribly difficult to pull but, in this genre, it was probably the least impressive movie I have seen so far. I mean, it was visually fairly ugly with some major shaky cam along the way but, above all, I didn’t really see the added value of shooting the whole thing in one take. Concerning the story itself, well, it was seriously random which was rather expected but the only scenes that really worked for me where the ones involving Owen Wilson. Indeed, Wilson had a nice energy and, to be honest, he was actually much more entertaining than Harrelson. Anyway, to conclude, I actually didn’t care much for the damned thing but I still think it is worth a look if only for its experimental aspects.