Frownland

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Dennui S "Not for most people" is accurate. If you're familiar with anxiety and depression, and not afraid of their depictions, this is an excellent watch. Frownland is in the category of films like Naked and Happiness for depressing and weird films. Bronstein has also worked with the Safdie brothers, on similar great, dark movies like Good Time and Uncut Gems. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/05/24 Full Review Elvin T This film harkens back to the prime era of 90's independent filmmaking. It's amazing what this film managed to do on micro budget. Be warned that this is not easy film to watch. You will be immersed in 1hr and 46 minutes of pure anxiety and mania. This filmed to test your empathy and humanity towards an almost impossible to love protagonist. By the end of this film you will learn more about yourself than our protagonist. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/30/22 Full Review Audience Member A torturously unabashed affront to every sense. Don’t watch it if you have anxiety, or just generally like yourself and enjoy things. Sitting through it is an achievement that is wholly unrewarding. I would rather jump into an active volcano than watch this again. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/04/22 Full Review Audience Member The Criterion Collection description for this movie said audiences either loved it or hated it. Count me among the haters. The main character's odious traits are established in the first ten minutes and the rest of the film are just more of the same. Johnny C sez ... nah. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member I liked this way more than I thought I would. For some reason I thought it'd be irritating and poorly made and stupid, but it's really well done and kinda feels like a live-action underground comic or something. Definitely worth seeing. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Anyone with self-knowledge can relate to this movie. The main character has difficulty in being understood after years of having people shut him up or ignore what he says. He intermittently breaks out of this and is then totally clear and I think mainly correct in his judgments of his situation and those around him- that is he is quite 'normal'. The main female character is very separate and isolated when in the presence of others- and is a cuter. The roommate is a self-absorbed musician of digital sorts who is aggressively nasty to the main character. The girl and musician use him. By the way, the socks are hers and quite dirty. He tries to help her and cheer her up but is again rejected in his actions/intent/speech. The world is cruel. Too bad the average person is so devoid of self-knowlege and therefore films like Empire whatever in 3D are box office hits and this film isn't. Or is it that the average person knows just how fucked life in the "wasteland of the free" (N Griffith) and everywhere else is too; particularly if one is disturbed and not 'normal'. Cassie222. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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