How is this movie in 0 official lists?
If you think this movie is over the top, I can assure you, it isn't. The family is an algamation of my girlfriend's and my family. These people do exist in some way in this world and at the heart of the story is childhood trauma and the resulting disconnect. To people who haven't experienced a childhood like this it might seem dreamlike and metaphorical, but this is real. July just finds a way to translate the absurdity of this type of people onto the screen in a way that is magical and whimsical because the reality of the type of abuse Old Dolio experiences is too painful to look at any other way.
And the love story is a testament to the fact that in our partners we seek what we've been missing. I absoultely love this movie and will forever place it in my top 5 films of all time.
I like Miranda July's stuff, but with Kajillionaire, I think she might finally have outquirked herself. Evan Rachel Wood plays the child of a pair of very bad con artists, raised pulling off scams, but the movie piles on eccentricities - the parents are also conspiracy nuts living off the grid, phobic about earthquakes, etc. - until the themes get lost in the shuffle on unbelievable character traits. That theme is personal connection, which Wood's character has been denied and craves, something her world of mistrust has placed out of reach. Gina Rodriguez eventually comes into it as a "real" person - the missing heart of the film, really, though she too presents possibilities that get lost in the chaos - but it's hard to buy into a potential romance between her and Wood when the latter is a collection of oddball traits. Her arc is of course to be realized by something closer to a real relationship, but she starts too far from the goal to be relatable. Which is not to say there aren't some fine moments in the film - the ending in particular is very strong - but you're asking me to believe in life-long grifters who are more gullible than their marks and who have not capacity to adapt to changing situations and if I don't buy the premise, it's very hard to buy the bit.
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How is this movie in 0 official lists?If you think this movie is over the top, I can assure you, it isn't. The family is an algamation of my girlfriend's and my family. These people do exist in some way in this world and at the heart of the story is childhood trauma and the resulting disconnect. To people who haven't experienced a childhood like this it might seem dreamlike and metaphorical, but this is real. July just finds a way to translate the absurdity of this type of people onto the screen in a way that is magical and whimsical because the reality of the type of abuse Old Dolio experiences is too painful to look at any other way.
And the love story is a testament to the fact that in our partners we seek what we've been missing. I absoultely love this movie and will forever place it in my top 5 films of all time.
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I like Miranda July's stuff, but with Kajillionaire, I think she might finally have outquirked herself. Evan Rachel Wood plays the child of a pair of very bad con artists, raised pulling off scams, but the movie piles on eccentricities - the parents are also conspiracy nuts living off the grid, phobic about earthquakes, etc. - until the themes get lost in the shuffle on unbelievable character traits. That theme is personal connection, which Wood's character has been denied and craves, something her world of mistrust has placed out of reach. Gina Rodriguez eventually comes into it as a "real" person - the missing heart of the film, really, though she too presents possibilities that get lost in the chaos - but it's hard to buy into a potential romance between her and Wood when the latter is a collection of oddball traits. Her arc is of course to be realized by something closer to a real relationship, but she starts too far from the goal to be relatable. Which is not to say there aren't some fine moments in the film - the ending in particular is very strong - but you're asking me to believe in life-long grifters who are more gullible than their marks and who have not capacity to adapt to changing situations and if I don't buy the premise, it's very hard to buy the bit.gobberpooper
Simply stunning work of writing. This is one I wont forget for a whileBadFluffy
Such an underrated movie. Great performances and a truly heart-breaking story about loneliness and bond.marco_n65
Amazing film. Highly recommended!!!thesearethethoughts
This is just magic!wloper
Starts out quirky and funny, but slowly becomes heartbreaking and beautiful.