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A Really Great Movie, Minus the Great Part. So ... Ummm ... a Movie!

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (18)

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Below is the trailer for Lena Dunham’s mumblecore comedy, Tiny Furniture, which debuted at SXSW this year and, I believe, won the audience award. I have no idea why. It’s one of those navel-gazing upper-east side post-college artist-type entitled woman of wealthy-parents slacker movies, where the lead character just sort of bops around, takes a shitty job, sleeps with people, and says things that are meant to be droll. Basically, the kind of movie that would appeal to the very sorts of people who attend film festivals.

It really fucking got on my nerves. It has absolutely no soul or warmth; it’s just a 90-minute exercise in kvetching.










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Comments

it’s just a 90-minute exercise in kvetching.
Well, kvetching and godawful hair. Seriously, with the amount of makeup everyone's wearing, you would think they would have invested in at least one hairbrush for the household.

Posted by: esme at October 15, 2010 9:59 AM

Seriously. These mumblecore types, it's like they fell in love with John Cassavetes' style in film school but forgot about the substance, and forgot that his style was merely a function of, well, finances (or, the lackthereof). Cassavetes was trying to tell us something about the world, about our culture, about how we function in such constant chaos (sometimes loud, sometimes quiet, always a mess). He wasn't just talking about himself, though, he was doing that, too.

Dear Mumblecore: Pleae tell us something of import. You can whisper it if you have to.

Posted by: RobP at October 15, 2010 10:07 AM

I was having a good morning. Now I want to punch everything. I suppose that could still mean I'm having a good morning.

Posted by: admin at October 15, 2010 10:10 AM

God that trailer was really really REALLY fucking annoying.
Stick your tiny furniture up ur fucking holes ye bunch of cunts.

Posted by: supafly at October 15, 2010 10:11 AM

Yikes! Even the trailer drags.

Posted by: Simon at October 15, 2010 10:18 AM

:01 :02 :03 :04 zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Posted by: , at October 15, 2010 10:50 AM

godawful hair

Agree. Definitely could have invested in a hair brush. Maybe even some shampoo. They've got some mangy skank-manes going on there. And just as I was thinking the smartarse with the Woody Allen glasses looked like she could be his love-child, the dude is reading a book about Woody Allen and then the one I'm guessing is the mother has got on the Woody Allen specs too. Homage much?! I effing hate Woody Allen.

Posted by: Lulu at October 15, 2010 10:59 AM

I dunno ... there's something I like about girls with don't-care hair, like when I'm in Panera and they're sitting there over their laptops looking all bleary eyed in their sweats with their hair scrunchied up and ...

Posted by: , at October 15, 2010 11:28 AM

OK, I'm back.

*wipes hand on pants*

Posted by: , at October 15, 2010 11:30 AM

why do movies always make fun of ohio? ohio is kind of a great place to live. i dont get it. i mean, west virginia i could understand. but ohio is pretty nice...

Posted by: Ashton Koosher at October 15, 2010 11:40 AM

I love how in real life and in film the parents who raise these self-absorbed wasters always wonder how they got to be that way and never for a moment think it might be with the indulgent way they brought them up.

Posted by: PaddyDog at October 15, 2010 11:44 AM

He's "internet-famous" for a video called Nietzschian Cowboy? He's... so... QUIRKY!

Pass.

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at October 15, 2010 5:28 PM

No one wants to commiserate with me, or contradict me, on the Cassavetes stuff? Sigh. Between this and the Jackass 3D love in this afternoon's review, I'm disappointed in all of you.

Posted by: RobP at October 15, 2010 5:31 PM

Made it 42 seconds. Can anyone help me with the flame dispersal valve on my new device?

Posted by: replica at October 15, 2010 6:24 PM

I went to high school with Lena Dunham (she was one year behind me). She was nice. We took an improv class together. She performed some standup once. It wasn't so good. And yeah, this movie looks annoying as hell.

In my actual graduating class: Paz De La Huerta, very annoying on Boardwalk Empire, and in person. And Eva Amurri, who is far less annoying (and was a really sweet girl).

Posted by: Blastin at October 16, 2010 1:55 PM

This was screened at a film festival in my tiny town today with the director/lead talking about it after. I saw the trailer and came to the same conclusion Dustin did.

Posted by: Pete at October 17, 2010 3:16 AM

And the attractive blonde British girl was in our class too. She's an absolute idiot. Like, completely dense.

Posted by: Blastin at October 17, 2010 11:23 AM

I read all the comments and then, for some reason, watched the trailer anyway.

Replica, maybe if you point the device in my ear it will work. It's worth a try.

Posted by: PaulterA at October 18, 2010 3:53 PM