[caption id="attachment_14903" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Dirty Mind"]/caption] Dirty Mind Directed by Peter Van Hees Left Bank director Peter Van Hees tries his hand at offbeat comedy in Dirty Mind, which centers around a conceit that seems promising on paper but winds up as the delivery system for a disappointingly familiar experience. Wim Helsem, impressive in his feature debut, stars as meek stuntman's assistant Diego, who seems to limp from job to job without leaving much of an impression while his more sociable brother Cisse (Robbie Cleiren) gets all the attention. When Cisse's arrogance laeds to injury, Diego steps in on a particularly dangerous stunt and winds up in the hospital. When he awakes, he only wants to be referred to as Tony T (aka TNT), and suddenly acts with an otherworldly sense of confidence and cocksureness. That's meant in the most literal sense possible, as he immediately sets his sights on one of his doctors, Janna (Kristine Van Pellicom...
- 10/19/2009
- by Simon
- SoundOnSight
Dirty Mind opens with a simple conceit of our reality - that the most complex of human experience can be traced back to simple chemical brain functions. It's a fascinating concept, especially for film, but it's also scary territory when trying to lay the groundwork for a narrative that's meant to be meaningful and matter. But it's an anchor the film gladly wears even as it piles on the dramatic weight. It never quite reaches where it's going, but it's achieved something in at least trying. The lowest on the totem pole, Diego (Wim Helsen), is laughed at on the job working with his confident, stunt man older brother Cisse (Robbie Cleiren). He's shy, struggles with a need for love he can't fulfill, and is generally walked upon by everyone until an accident sees him waking up in the hospital as Tony T - a brand new personality that comes complete with cockiness and catch-phrases. He...
- 10/14/2009
- by Dr. Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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