Chloë Sevigny, Darby Dougherty, Jacob Reynolds
Some time after a devastating tornado has leveled their town, a group of eclectic, ennui-stricken teenagers in Xenia, Ohio pass their days by riding their bikes, playing practical jokes, sniffing glue...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 20, 2001
Stats: 1,795 reviews
This is a great little film. It won?t be to everybody?s tastes but it?s a gem, albeit, a grubby one . Harmony Korine is an underappreciated genius!
A largely plotless, impressionistic and depressing tour of the hopeless white trash residents of Xenia, OH. A lot like what would result if someone took home videos of that embarassing welfare-addicted branch of the family no one likes to talk about and mixed them in a blender w...( read more)
A pointless, depressing and vile piece of crap. There are no characters to feel anything for, other than hate. The film is just tasteless in a very tacky way, but it seems to think it is saying something. There's no plot, there's no relevance. It's a string of random scenes, wher...( read more)
Intriguing beginning and end, but nothing of much interest happens in between. Not to say there aren't interesting characters (there are); they just don't really do anything. That is, I wanted something to laugh or cry about it but got neither (perhaps, I'm an emotionless psychop...( read more)
I tell you true, I could not take my eyes off this film. I'm not sure what exactly that means in terms of me, but it is an ugly movie from start to finish. The ugliness, from mistreatment of animals, to mistreatment of persons with disabilities, to mistreatment of people in gen...( read more)
It seemed somewhat interesting to read about, but knowing about the treatment of cats in the movie turned me off completely, whether they're fake or real (hopefully not) is what made me turn away a movie that could've seemed promising, but not for me.
There is so much said about human behavior in this film that has never been able to be captured before. Some might call it nihilistic or dumb, but it depicts a reality that is hauntingly real. It might be way too much of a reality check for some, to see the true disgustingly beau...( read more)
This film completely changed my life. What else can I say. It's my number one favourite movie ever.
A pseudo-documentary movie about the inhabitants of a small town ravaged by a tornado.
Filled to the max with apathetic characters, this is one of the most disturbing and disgusting films that I have ever seen!!!
This film will leave you compelled and angered at the same time. I liked it, and there is nothing else quite like it- NOTHING!
Bizarre, plotless and arguably messageless film about a town whose infrastructure and psyche (though the psyche was probably already lacking) were destroyed by the passing of a tornado. Harmony Korine doesn't present us with a plot as much as he presents a disturbing showcase of unsettling individuals. Black Metal, poverty and boredom take their toll on the nihilistic lives of the residents of Xena, Ohio. As you can tell, this movie is neither a pleasant nor easy watch, personally I found it enjoyable as an oddity.
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