Boy, was I looking forward to this film. Hal Hartley was returning with most of the cast of "The Unbelievable Truth" with what sounded like an even better film. A couple of criminals go searching for their father, a former pro baseball shortstop turned anarchist. Well, all I got was boring dialogue and lots of it. And to me the impression was given that Hartley was trying to outdo himself on the screenplay but all that came out was a lot of pretension. Then to jazz up the film, throw in a lot of quirkiness which really doesn't make any sense: dancing to Sonic Youth's "Kool Thing" (hey, look at how cool my taste in music is), the guitar playing and the depressed sheriff bit. This film was definitely not one of Hartley's better moments. I have since seen, "Amateur", which is much better, so hopefully, this was just an aberration.
Review of Simple Men
