Well this film has taken nigh on two weeks and three sittings to finally get through. It is a 1990 film that is meant to satirize US lifestyle.
Director Hal Hartley tells us the story of misfits Maria (Adrienne Shelly) and Matthew (Martin Donovan). Recognise them? Me neither. Maria is a teenage brat for want of a better word who announces to her distraught family at the start of the film she is dropping out of school to have a baby. Unfortunately her sports mad boyfriend doesn't take to kindly to the news and dumps her. Any sane person would think this was horrific but Maria's spoiled brat behaviour does cause her despairing dad to have a heart trauma and die. She is thrown out of home for her actions. Meanwhile cut to a character called Matthew (Martin Donovan) who lives alone with his overpowering dad and gets through jobs like there is no tomorrow. Matthew and Maria end up meeting up......oh I give up! The satirical comedy I didn't find particularly funny. The age differences between Matthew and Maria and their struggles with power crazy parents.
Director Hal Hartley tells us the story of misfits Maria (Adrienne Shelly) and Matthew (Martin Donovan). Recognise them? Me neither. Maria is a teenage brat for want of a better word who announces to her distraught family at the start of the film she is dropping out of school to have a baby. Unfortunately her sports mad boyfriend doesn't take to kindly to the news and dumps her. Any sane person would think this was horrific but Maria's spoiled brat behaviour does cause her despairing dad to have a heart trauma and die. She is thrown out of home for her actions. Meanwhile cut to a character called Matthew (Martin Donovan) who lives alone with his overpowering dad and gets through jobs like there is no tomorrow. Matthew and Maria end up meeting up......oh I give up! The satirical comedy I didn't find particularly funny. The age differences between Matthew and Maria and their struggles with power crazy parents.