Robin Williams' RV Hits Angst-y Heights, Says Slate
Filed under: Comedy, New Releases, Sony
Rather fascinating review of RV by Grady Hendrix
over at Slate. Hendrix doesn't have much to say about it (calling it a "disaster"), but the way that Hendrix
describes the movie makes it seem like there's something truly unexpected going on with the film and that it's more
than just a loopy, gross-out family comedy:"Faces, disfigured with boredom, gaze dully out over blasted landscapes. Septic hoses drip fecal matter onto the body of a middle-aged man. The sun blasts an anonymous , flat landscape interrupted only by rundown bars and empty campsites. Welcome to the world of RV ... its bleak dissection of middle-class angst and emotional depth is guaranteed to shock audiences, some of whom might even cry."
Wow, I had no desire whatsoever to see this movie (Robin Williams hasn't been funny in a long, long time), but this actually makes me want to see it. Well, maybe on DVD later this year.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-30-2006 @ 10:04AM
Razib Ahmed said...
I have read the ' fascinating review of RV by Grady Hendrix' and I can understand why he did not like the movie. The funny thing is that even by reading his review, I liked the movie and if possible I like to watch it. Well, I am a big Robin Williams because of his great performance in 'Dead Poets Society' and I guess Grady Hendrix does not this either.
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4-30-2006 @ 10:55AM
T. said...
I still think the movie's gonna suck, but I do admit I have a morbid curiosity to see the "fecal matter" scene. It just sounds so over-the-top disgusting.
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4-30-2006 @ 3:23PM
intarzv said...
not even worth p2p'ing.
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