Betsy Brantley, David Jensen, Eddie Jemison
Steven Soderbergh presents a freewheeling comedy stuffed to the gills with visual and verbal puns. Soderbergh himself plays dual roles as Fletcher Munson and Dr. Jeffrey Korchek. Munson is a nerdy cop...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 30, 2003
Stats: 253 reviews
The closest thing I can compare this too is Monty Python, but as if filtered through David Lynch and Jean Luc Godard.
Really funny parts, really odd in others.
Love this film. Met the sound engineer, and Soderbergh's regular sound guy since sex lies & videotape, Larry Blake. This is an out-there movie for people who love image, symbolism, montage, and astounding sound mixing. Slightly inexplicable in terms of its plot, but basically eve...( read more)
This movie defies description. It's great fun to watch, even if you don't understand what's going on.
SOderbergh enthusiasm is appaernt but this never quite comes together. Still, it's worth a look.
A one of a kind comedy about communication from Steven Soderbergh. To quote the movie: "If you don't get it, it's your fault. You should watch it over and over again until you do."
Not to disparage Soderbergh's commercially successful (and comparatively coherent) films, he should make a bunch more films like SCHIZOPOLIS and tell the naysayers to Sod off.
I wish something this weird would come out these days. It was only 11 years ago!
An absurdist film, with a sense of humor, that's actually as laugh out loud funny as it is conceptually amusing. A lampooning of scientology, relationships, the difficulties of communication, the film making buisness, the nightly news, corporate life, and just about everything it...( read more)
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