Review of Storytelling

I remember it very well, back then, I really enjoyed ‘Happiness’ a lot. Indeed, it was one of the darkest and quite frankly one of the most messed up movies I had ever seen so I was really eager to check Todd Solondz’s following directing effort. Eventually, I wasn’t disappointed and I thought that this new feature was quite spellbinding to watch as well. This time, Solondz went for something slightly more ambitious with too unrelated stories called ‘Fiction’ and ‘Non-Fiction’ and, honestly, I’m not really sure I understood where the director was actually getting at but, once again, he gave us some rather dark tales with some vastly flawed characters. Indeed, instead of the sanatized glamorized and therefore rather boring characters provided in your usual Hollywood feature, Solondz gave us something much more true to life and it was once again quite fascinating to behold. I think I still preferred ‘Happiness’ because I had a better grasp on the whole thing but this movie was definitely not far behind and it’s a pity that his following projects didn’t turn out to be as satisfying as those two amazing movies. To conclude, even though it is definitely an acquired taste, I really liked it a lot and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.