A good movie

Oh dear, this movie was a tough watch… I mean, since I was familiar with Charlie Kaufman’s work, I knew beforehand that it would be quite surrealist but still. I guess it might have to do with the fact I’m going through a difficult time in my life right now so I wasn’t in the best mood to watch such a depressive picture. Indeed, I thought it was really dark and not so much fun like the previous movies involving Kaufman. I mean, it was pretty straightforward for the first 30 minutes but, then, I think when Cotard started his huge meta play, that’s when the whole thing became more and more difficult to follow and to grasp. The late Roger Ebert really loved this flick and if you read his review, completely worshipping this movie, you will see that it is pretty far out as well. I don’t know, the combination of my own current personal struggles, the massive agony faced by Caden Cotard and the (recent) tragic death of the great Philip Seymour Hoffman (I saw this movie a month after he passed away) didn’t make for a very pleasant watch. Don’t misunderstand me, it is a good movie, it goes very deep in the human psyche, but I got lost pretty quickly and I had a rather hard time to connect with all those characters, fictional or real. Anyway, to conclude, even though I think it is a rather difficult movie, I still think it is worth a look, especially if you like (very) thoughtfull and poetic features.

7/10