After watching this, I was surprised by all the super positive reviews I found on IMDB. I suppose there is the aspect of "other," of "alien." But the film didn't blow me away the way it apparently did others.
I found one of the two main characters, Peter, to be so offensive and nasty that I couldn't wait for the film to end. Okay, I get that being an outsider and an oddball can make one bitter and resentful.
Sure, he longs to be like other people, and have satisfying relationships with other people. It was made clear that he sought a sexual experience - and he certainly chose well in Hamish Allan-Headly's character. But right from the start, and all through the movie his nasty tone and angry attitude wore very thin.
Maybe I was bugged by the logistics surrounding the car, too.
There's a character who travels with the pair for a short time, but how does she get back to her own car?? And would the pinkmobile ever have been returned had Peter not gone along for the ride? Those questions bothered/distracted me while watching.
Sarah Hay did an excellent job with her role. I don't know if Matthew Jeffers was an issue for me because of his acting, or more likely the script he was given to work with. I realize that the point was to create a frustrated and angry character, but I didn't need to be hit over the head repeatedly with that to get the point. He wasn't even vaguely sympathetic as a character in the film - at least not for me - at any point in the movie. Rather, I think his character served to drag the overall experience of the film down, making it just plain tedious.
If someone were to ask me if I recommended this movie, I'd tell them they could better invest their hour and 40 minutes better elsewhere.
I found one of the two main characters, Peter, to be so offensive and nasty that I couldn't wait for the film to end. Okay, I get that being an outsider and an oddball can make one bitter and resentful.
Sure, he longs to be like other people, and have satisfying relationships with other people. It was made clear that he sought a sexual experience - and he certainly chose well in Hamish Allan-Headly's character. But right from the start, and all through the movie his nasty tone and angry attitude wore very thin.
Maybe I was bugged by the logistics surrounding the car, too.
There's a character who travels with the pair for a short time, but how does she get back to her own car?? And would the pinkmobile ever have been returned had Peter not gone along for the ride? Those questions bothered/distracted me while watching.
Sarah Hay did an excellent job with her role. I don't know if Matthew Jeffers was an issue for me because of his acting, or more likely the script he was given to work with. I realize that the point was to create a frustrated and angry character, but I didn't need to be hit over the head repeatedly with that to get the point. He wasn't even vaguely sympathetic as a character in the film - at least not for me - at any point in the movie. Rather, I think his character served to drag the overall experience of the film down, making it just plain tedious.
If someone were to ask me if I recommended this movie, I'd tell them they could better invest their hour and 40 minutes better elsewhere.