A genuinely odd little movie, shot on the cheap but achieving some success at Sundance. Michael Rapaport plays a depressed parking attendant who takes part is a medical study and is prescribed the eponymous mystery chemical, which makes him believe he has super powers. The only problem is, he doesn’t, he’s just very, very confused. It’s all a bit queasy in places- laughing at the mentally deranged can be a dubious business. But as the film goes on it gets darker and more serious, and infinitely more interesting. A critique of big pharma, a bizarrely philosophical mystery thriller, an elegy to the battered spirit of the common man. Definitely different.
by Tom Huddleston | Source: 35mm Print
21 Sep 2006 11:29 AM | Comments (1)
i saw this film at edinburgh and it was fantastic. very brave at times. very funny at times. this is what independent cinema is all about!
bedouin69
23 October 2006
7:42 PM