Synecdoche, New York

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Joe N. @JoeNahme Jan 17 Great but the first two acts are dramatically slow. The plot is depressing and the characters are not much to root for , or have empathy, nothing to latch onto psychologically. The latter 2nd act picks up, and the 3rd act is amazing. Plot, metaphor, social commentary, monologues, scenes full of dramatic irony. I love Charlie Kaufman’s work. I was not looking or expecting a feel good story. I think 4 stars would confuse complexity for intentional. I just felt like the dramatic tension in the first act was weak. Too much time with setup. I would watch this again in like 15 years. It’s a lot, emotionally. It’s rather bleak, and cynical but without the redemption of humor. 3/5 See more Faiz D @RT95588871 May 13 Phenomenal. The film is about the fact that life is confusing. And it's also meaningless in the sense that we have no intrinsic purpose. We have to create our own. How do we know? that we're making the right choice? Also, we don't really know anyone in our lives. When we think we're interacting with someone else, we're really interacting with our idea of who that person is (like an actor playing a character, hence the whole 'play' metaphor in the film). There are no answers. We're just here. See more thiago s @Thiagostone 03/14/2025 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, o elenco é mais ou menos e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, phillip seymour Hoffman fez uma atuação boa, mas isso não melhorou o filme e nem alavancou para deixar o filme bom, o filme também não tem cenas relevantes que possam fazer o filme ser bom, com tudo isso, eu não recomendo esse filme, mas o phillip seymour fez o filme não ser ruim, mas o filme é fraco. See more Fer S @RT07531533 02/23/2025 It is of course a well achieved movie, but it is depressing, confusing, tedious and boring. I think the idea is interesting, but it could only appeal to someone who has not figured out a few things about life and consciousness yet. I believe it tries to represent the mystery of life and finding one's purpose, but it is just the life of anyone who is under the imaginary laws of modern society. See more Mason M @RT73597940 01/28/2025 A sometimes haunting and horrifying study of mortality, Synecdoche, New York shows all of Charlie Kaufman's strengths in a beautifully ambitious way. Though Phillip Seymour Hoffman has a great performance in this, the real star of the film is Kaufman's enthralling writing and entirely unique surrealist ideas and his perfectly cold direction. This is a haunting epic that won't be leaving my head anytime soon, and a must-watch for any Kaufman fans. See more Kevin P @RT55971421 01/27/2025 A very unique and hypnotic deconstruction of the artistic projection that so many storytellers attempt to find meaning and specialty from their lives into their fictional work, highlighted by the character’s life becoming directionless and therefore his play becomes directionless as the passage of time blurs the line, his health declines, and his passions & personal connections slowly fade away. It’s a very tedious and incoherent movie, but that’s the point to get across how disappointing life can feel sometimes when our lifelong hurdles still challenge us years later. It’s a challenging film to watch, but I was never lost on the main themes of the story or the emotions of the characters. You get a real feel for the characters’ depression and existential anxieties. How everything you once love and what made you feel special can often slowly erode away from the sands of time. It’s far from my favorite Charlie Kaufman film, but it’s easily his most ambitious, devastating, and self-reflective piece of work (even more than Adaptation!). I don’t exactly have a huge desire to rewatch it out of entertainment value, but certainly for another dissection at this man’s shattered psyche of human and artistic purpose when we’re given such a short timespan here on Earth. See more Read all reviews

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