High Life

HIGH LIFE (2009) - Sept. 17, 2009
A basically enjoyable if somewhat aimless film about a group of dim-witted criminals who decide to rob an ATM. Timothy Olyphant was quite good in the main role, and the direction was decent enough, though the film's origins as a play are fairly apparent -- it's quite dialogue heavy, with the type of self-aware, writerly dialogue that's hard to pull off, which sort of works and sort of doesn't. Also, the washed-out, poor man's Kaminski cinematography was really unappealing to look at. Other than that, the film was decent enough (I particularly liked the classic rock soundtrack). **1/2