An average movie

Even though I have a weak spot for Tom DiCillo's work, about a week ago, I saw ‘Double Whammy’ which turned out to be a huge disappointment so I had some rather low expectations concerning his following directing effort. Indeed, after 5 long years, the guy was finally coming up with something new (it would be, in fact, his last directing effort) but this movie was barely noticed when it was released. Eventually, I thought it was not bad, at least, miles better than ‘Double Whammy’ but, still, I can’t say I was really blown away by the whole thing. Indeed, I really had a hard time to care for Michael Pitt and Alison Lohman’s characters and what they were going through. I mean, I get it, the unknown homeless guy is basically gentle and innocent while the celebrities, and especially their entourage, are actually the real garbage. It was some rather shallow symbolism and I’m afraid the rest of the movie never managed to raise above this level. Fortunately, Steve Buscemi, probably one of the most underrated actors at work nowadays, delivered a really good performance here and he made the whole thing really compelling to watch. Indeed, even though his character was pretty much a mean-spirited selfish loser, Buscemi managed to make this character really entertaining to behold. To conclude, thanks to a Buscemi in top form, I still think it is worth a look but don’t expect anything really amazing though.

6/10