THREE MONKEYS (2008) - Sept. 5, 2008
Oh man. This actually started out really well -- the opening sequence was really compelling and suspenseful, and just generally well done. It's all downhill from there. About a driver who is paid to take the blame on a hit-and-run charge for his boss, and how this affects his wife and son. The main problem with this film is that it takes an intriguing premise and goes absolutely nowhere with it, moving at a snail's pace and never developing the characters beyond the mundane. I went with it for a while, but there came a point at which the glacial pace wore me down. The film's cinematography doesn't do it any favours, giving all the dark scenes a murky, grainy look -- like they were shot through a wire mesh -- and everything else an unpleasantly desaturated, greenish hue. This is exactly the type of pretentious foreign art-house film that tends to give all foreign films a bad name. *1/2
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