I can't believe she's going out with him, you know?

Enter the Void (2009)

Chosen by Faye who had this to say about it "it didn't make me feel anything and I thought it would be a film that made you emotional aha" and "You must [watch it] because I don't know anyone who has seen it and I need to be like WTF"

It begins with credits that are too fast for the eye to take in. A whirl of colour and shapes (typographical nerds may have a field day pausing this sequence) that seems to suggest the movie can't wait to begin. And then the film itself starts and never goes anywhere for it's interminable running time.

Recently I looked at A Ghost Story which does everything this film does but at half the time and manages to be more compelling and offers more thought than this juvenile exercise in "hey, man, death is trippy" pointlessness.

The performances are mostly empty, sub day time soap style.

The ending strives for deep profundity but is obvious from the moment reincarnation is mentioned. The tacky incestuousness aspect to the main characters there merely to provoke...outrage, titillation? It's generally unclear what the point of the whole endeavour is?

It is well shot, and technically orchestrated but to no appreciable benefit.