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Overall Score: 80%
Certified: Black Swan
Score Breakdown:
Performance: 85% Plot: 65% Script: 80% Visuals: 90% Music: 85%
Daydream Nation (2010)
Director(s): Michael Goldbach
Writer(s): Michael Goldbach
Producer(s): Christine Haebler, Trish Dolman, Jennifer Weiss, Simone Urdl
Distributor(s): Anchor Bay Entertainment, eOne Films
Country: Canada
Starring: Kat Dennings, Reece Thompson, Josh Lucas, Andie MacDowell, Rachel Blanchard, etc.
Studio(s): Anchor Bay Films
MPAA Rating: R
Runtime: 98 Minutes
From the start, when I saw the cover for this movie it hits me that it feels a lot similar when I purchased Juno (2007). The layers of clothing, the uniqueness and the simplicity brings out the same feeling. The other reason I watched the movie is because of Kat Dennings. I love her since Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008) and also has that same feeling - the familiarity with Juno and Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist is unbearable.
This is a story about a city girl (Kat Dennings) who moved to a teenage wasteland of a small town with her father due to work reasons. While a killer is on the loose, she begins a romantic relationship with her English teacher (Josh Lucas), and date a boy her own age (Reece Thompson) for a cover. Only until she really fell for her junkie friend.
Kat Dennings is a magnet! Not only she reminds me of Amanda Seyfried and Scarlett Johansson, she is such a feline, very fun and so attractive. She's very beautiful, and yes there are people who still looks better than her, but her charm is remarkable and one of a kind. She delivered a stunning performance. Reece Thompson and Josh Lucas both give a comical acting. Reece as the junkie classmate and Josh as the neurotic English teacher that both has stories, both has their own background story.
The music is good. The movie's named after a Sonic Youth album, and the score and the soundtrack really shows teen angst, youthful dreams and carefreeness. The visuals are stunning. The lightning can get really perfect, and with Kat's narration, the fonts used for the writings on the movie is perfect. I just wish they didn't use the green screen on that last scene, if they did actually film that using a natural view, it would be sick. What I also love about the movie is how it is very witty and sarcastic without seeming to try. Like breathing, it comes out naturally, especially when Kat did it.
This is one of those movies I love that people hate. This movie receives a mixed review and I have to say mostly bad reviews. Not bad, more like a disappointment. And I can see why. There's too much idea on the plot and the story. I can see Michael Goldbach's head, the writer and director, just banging on the walls here and there. There's too much disturbance and disruptions and the plot is just too much. I can see it's trying a little too hard. Even though, I still love this movie so so much.
The acting is decent, the music's good, the visual's stunning, but the plot's just overwritten a little too much. And with the wasteland and the killer on the loose, there's also too much of things that's happening on the background. It's too thick - not heavy, but thick. But it's still fun and captivating for me. I found myself several times smiling in adoration or laughing out-loud. I'm still 17 years old, and this movie, doesn't matter how wrecked it is depicts a portrait of the teenage life - something that a lot of us can relate to. It's a roller coaster ride that made you vomit on your way out when your done, but you can still find yourself lining up for another round, again and again and again.
+R
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