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Director: Seth Grossman
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From Time Out New York
Seduced by Thailand’s perverse exoticism, a Western anthropologist-cum-slacker (Jonno Roberts) loses himself in drug-fueled oblivion and persuades his manic-depressive little brother (Ellington) to fly in from New York for a contact high. Supple camerawork and evocative cinematography don’t compensate nearly enough for a mealy plot that reduces all involved into the laziest cultural stereotypes. Naïveté drives the characters and the filmmaking—a lethal combination for a movie that’s desperate to come across as world-weary and wise.Author: Stephen Garrett
Time Out New York Issue 681: October 16 - 22, 2008
Cast & crew
Director: Seth Grossman
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Tate Ellington, Florence Faivre
Duration: 90 mins
US Release: Oct 17 2008
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