This movie has something to say about life, but what it has to say is nothing special, nothing deep, nothing really "spiritual." It's not a terribly entertaining film, and there's a deep underlying feeling of ugliness and tension throughout, a constant feeling that "something bad is about to happen here." The Grand Canyon scene in the end, which lasts only a couple minutes, is not enough to redeem that feeling. As someone else commented, this movie is not so deep. So, the Grand Canyon is supposed to make all our problems look small? Who says? The Grand Canyon is big... compared to what? The human body? So what? Let's not mix up "new age" with "spiritual." This film definitely might appeal to the "new age" crowd. But the "new age" movement is all surface, shallow, hope masquerading as spirituality. The truly spiritual is timeless, utterly beyond our superficial personalities, hopes, fears and problems. It is not reached by a moment of looking at a canyon and a tiny glimpse at how meaningless our petty lives are compared to its "size." It's reached by dedicating one's life to going beyond the petty concerns of the ego. True spirituality lies in attaining a lasting peace of mind able to deal easily with life's circumstances, letting what comes come, and letting what goes, go. It has to do with overcoming desire, clinging and attachment, especially attachment to the comfortable, self-enclosed little bubbles of fear and desire most of us live in. It's not about making friends with other such bubbles, it's about dissolving the bubble. A glimpse of the Grand Canyon and how it relates to life is shallow "spiritual" commentary, indeed. 6/10.
Review of Grand Canyon
