Tusk
Stunningly beautiful film that's a little bit more than uneven. Pretty good writing (if you're into Smith), Long was a good mix of detestable and sympathetic, and Parks was as kooky as you could want. The side characters were a big miss, I didn't know whether they were boning and if they were why I should feel any emotion at all for them. The cameo is great if you don't expect it going in. It does get a little long in the tooth (hur) around the point he's introduced, but I feel that could have been fixed with better editing. I actually liked the porch scene, which I've seen some hate towards.
There's a theme to this movie that doesn't come out until the end, and even at that point it tries to slip by. If Smith had done a couple more drafts that cut down on the pointless sidestory (or beefed it up - my suggestion would be to make it completely about Lapointe tracking them down and excising the other two chars completely) and made the theme come out stronger, I'd give it a solid 4 / 5. As it stands, I'd have to know a person's movie tastes really well before recommending this one. It worked for me, but it's not for everyone.
2 / 5
