The Counselor is a fairly bad movie, but it is bad in interesting ways. Mainly, the screenplay was written by an acclaimed novelist who seemed unaware that his dialogue would come off as inauthentic, over-written, tin-eared, and pretentious. What works in prose doesnt always work when spoken by characters who really shouldnt be educated or as philosophically-minded as the ones he has created. The film is very well-directed, and aside from Cameron Diaz giving a really crappy performance, the cast is fine. But the story is plain bad...but bad in an original way, which is at least more interesting than bad and formulaic. I dunno. Weird film. C-. Also watched Side Effects. The film is much less deep than I thought it would be. It was not an exploration of the effects of psychiatric medications on society and medical ethics or the pharmaceutical industry, or any of that. Instead it was a shallow but highly enjoyable thriller in the vein of Brian DePalmas better works. Entertaining film, but the marketing campaign tricked me into thinking the film would be more. B.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 20:42:57 +0000
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