"Hurlyburly" is a nice little independent film based on the 1984 play by David Rabe. Starring Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, and Chazz Palimenteri as egotistical, drug-addled studio executives. Existential cocaine-fueled conversations between scumbags in the City of Lost Angels. Expect lots of talking by Sean Penn, who has an entertaining face. Amazing to think that this film is 10 years old, 'cause it still holds up. The cast is excellent; they capture the overwhelmed and immature adult characters, getting fucked up on cocaine and making constant realizations about their lives and the nature of existence. The audience follows only to realize how despicable these people are and how shallow and irrelevant their conversations sound.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
REVIEW: Hurlyburly (1998)
"Hurlyburly" is a nice little independent film based on the 1984 play by David Rabe. Starring Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, and Chazz Palimenteri as egotistical, drug-addled studio executives. Existential cocaine-fueled conversations between scumbags in the City of Lost Angels. Expect lots of talking by Sean Penn, who has an entertaining face. Amazing to think that this film is 10 years old, 'cause it still holds up. The cast is excellent; they capture the overwhelmed and immature adult characters, getting fucked up on cocaine and making constant realizations about their lives and the nature of existence. The audience follows only to realize how despicable these people are and how shallow and irrelevant their conversations sound.
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