El Planeta

Booooooooring. I'm all for indie movies but this movie had no plot, no point, just people who don't have money. It's hard for me to give up on movies, even the bad ones, but I barely made it through the hallway point. The only thing I liked was some of the cinematography but not enough to overcome the snooze factor.

Amalia Ulman wrote, produced, and directed 'El Planeta, which stars herself and her mother in the latter's debut performance on the silver screen. The film is set in Spain and is mostly in Spanish. I hated this. It's pretentious and I found zero reason to root for anyone. It is very artsy and minimalist and is stretched to 81 minutes and felt like it was over two hours. The idea of staying in the middle without a clear point of view makes the picture feel bleak. If that's the idea, then bully for Ulman. I wish she gets more hopeful for her next feature and maybe she can have something to say that isn't blah. Final Score: 2/10