A film by David Lynch
The first thing to mention is that this was a confusing movie. I knew that I was watching a quality film, but as the movie went on, I was less and less sure about exactly what it was that I was seeing. After it was over, I had no idea what just happened, but I enjoyed the time spent (2 and a half hours).
A woman is in a car wreck. She appears to be the only survivor and she stumbles away from the scene of the accident until she makes her way outside an apartment complex (a fairly nice one, at that). She falls asleep behind some bushes, and when daylight comes, she sneaks in to one of the apartment and stays there. A woman named Betty (Naomi Watts) arrives at that same apartment to take residence there. Betty discovers the woman, who calls herself Rita (Laura Harring), but Rita has amnesia and does not even remember her own name. Betty befriends Rita, and tries to help Rita figure out what happened to her. This part is fairly straight forward, but as the film progresses there are little things thrown in that do not make much sense even though we think that it may be important. I do not want to reveal what these are for fear of spoiling some of the enjoyment of trying to unravel this movie. Even with the semi-confusing stuff, the movie mostly makes sense until close to the end where there is a twist (not your typical plot twist, but rather one that changes how you look at the whole movie) and this confused me more than anything else in the movie. I understood what happened, but I didn t get it. Someone explained the movie to me later, and I m still not quite sure it makes sense.
This is a strange movie, but good. The acting was good with Naomi Watts and Laura Harring impressing. I can t really comment on the Lynch s directing because that depends on how much the movie really made sense and connected together. I enjoyed it, but this is the kind of film that takes multiple viewings to truly make sense of it.
3.5 out of 5 pugs, mostly because i'm still confused
The first thing to mention is that this was a confusing movie. I knew that I was watching a quality film, but as the movie went on, I was less and less sure about exactly what it was that I was seeing. After it was over, I had no idea what just happened, but I enjoyed the time spent (2 and a half hours).
A woman is in a car wreck. She appears to be the only survivor and she stumbles away from the scene of the accident until she makes her way outside an apartment complex (a fairly nice one, at that). She falls asleep behind some bushes, and when daylight comes, she sneaks in to one of the apartment and stays there. A woman named Betty (Naomi Watts) arrives at that same apartment to take residence there. Betty discovers the woman, who calls herself Rita (Laura Harring), but Rita has amnesia and does not even remember her own name. Betty befriends Rita, and tries to help Rita figure out what happened to her. This part is fairly straight forward, but as the film progresses there are little things thrown in that do not make much sense even though we think that it may be important. I do not want to reveal what these are for fear of spoiling some of the enjoyment of trying to unravel this movie. Even with the semi-confusing stuff, the movie mostly makes sense until close to the end where there is a twist (not your typical plot twist, but rather one that changes how you look at the whole movie) and this confused me more than anything else in the movie. I understood what happened, but I didn t get it. Someone explained the movie to me later, and I m still not quite sure it makes sense.
This is a strange movie, but good. The acting was good with Naomi Watts and Laura Harring impressing. I can t really comment on the Lynch s directing because that depends on how much the movie really made sense and connected together. I enjoyed it, but this is the kind of film that takes multiple viewings to truly make sense of it.
3.5 out of 5 pugs, mostly because i'm still confused
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