The Mend

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08/23/2016 This romantic and familial drama feels like a throwback to the 70s. The men have a thin veneer of swaggering machismo that covers a wounded child while the women are relegated to be their coaches/therapists. Fortunately writer/director John Margary's dialogue and direction covers these tropes/cliches in a fresh coat of paint. He recalls early Scorsese and Altman in an exciting way. See more 05/07/2016 "The Mend" is a pretentious, unfunny, self-important indie film about two dysfunctional brothers who never resolve their issues. This film has nothing to say and meanders onward drunkenly through empty scenes and situations and no amount of big words, sophisticated music, or hipsters within a scene will actually make "The Mend" seem intelligent. It's a real drag. See more 03/16/2016 Being abstract and weird is certainly not something a lot of people would like, but that's the sort of tone that The Mend works in. On one hand, it is telling a mostly simple, straight-forward tale of two brothers and their dysfunction, but on the other hand giving that description of the film would not give it enough credit at all. I read a review calling it a very confident debut feature, and that it is. Not many fresh filmmakers would attempt to hint at the pacing and balanced tone that this does, and in that respect, props need to be given in different ways. That's not to say that all of it works though, since there are instances where more restraint may have been appreciated. Nonetheless, very intriguing film See more 02/24/2016 Didn't finish watching. VERY slow. See more 01/01/2016 This is a movie I thoroughly did not get anything out of. I feel like with a better director this could have really shone. I liked aspects of it-I liked the weirder abstract sounds or emotions- but in the end it felt meandering, distant and ultimately empty. Like the party guest who waxes just poetically enough to drag you into conversation until it slowly dawns on you that they're just stoned and rambling without substance, I could have spent my two hours elsewhere. See more 12/30/2015 One of the best of the year. I don't even love all of it, but I love all of it, if that makes any sense. What a movie. See more Read all reviews

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