Who is the Audience for This Movie?

Fans of movies with a lot of dialogue.

What I Liked About This Movie

I have to applaud the director (Richard Linklater) for the unique structure chosen for this movie. You are first introduced to a character who goes on a philosophical rant with a uninterested cab driver who does not even attempt to respond to the young kids rambling. After leaving the cab the kid watches an old lady get hit by a car and calls the cops. The camera then shifts to the person who ran over the young lady. This cycle is repeated all the way until the end of the movie. Camerawork is the cornerstone of these character switches and boy is it ever smooth. There is a huge variety of people introduced throughout the movie. Considering it was a very low budget movie I was surprised at how solid the acting was.

What Didn’t Work For Me

As a viewer I can only view people talking for so long. Slacker goes beyond my tolerance of how much dialogue I can handle. With only minor connections between the topics being discussed I started rapidly losing interest in the movie as it slowly winded down to its final scene. It is obvious that finding a way to end the movie was tough choice for the director.

Should You Watch This Movie?

It’s stylistically impressive but it amounts to as much as a real life slacker does. With that said I still found it interesting it’s just not a movie that really gripped me.

My Rating (Out of 13)