Synopsis
Undiagnosed, untreated and generally untethered schizophrenic Julien lives with his pregnant younger sister Pearl, would-be wrestler brother Chris, sympathetic grandmother, and severely depressed German father.
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Cast
- Ewen BremnerJulien
- Chloë SevignyPearl
- Werner HerzogFather
- Evan NeumannChris
- Joyce KorineGrandmama
- Alvin LawCard-Playing Neighbor
- Brian FiskPond boy
- Miriram MartinezTeenage Girl
- Edgar ErikksonBearded Man
- James MoixDancing Man
- 88
San Francisco Examiner
Feels like it could go blow up at any time. It implodes instead, and the meltdown, though visible in one of the final sequences, is still corrosive. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
It seems at first to be merely a jumble of discordant images ("Freaks" shot by the "Blair Witch" crew) but then, if you stay with it, the pattern emerges from the jumble. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
Korine confirms his reputation as one of today's most experimentally minded filmmakers, helped by an inventive cast including German director Herzog in a surprisingly strong performance as the father. - 70
L.A. Weekly
Looks like no other recent release...certainly rich enough to warrant more than one viewing. - 63
New York Daily News
I'd never seen anything like it, and can say that I hope to never see anything like it again. - 60
Washington Post
The stranger and more unusual the characters, and the less they're explained, the better. - 30
Village Voice
A handheld and grainy exercise in cine-stupefaction...too spastic to connect...the movie just flails the air. - 25
New York Post
Sucker bait for the sort of credulous cinast who'll buy anything ugly and boring that looks like it's avant-garde...rancid stew of cheap shocks, sleaze and phony artiness.