Review of Network

Network (1976)
3/10
I avoided this like the plague for almost fifty years
14 December 2023
And then I watched it and I thought it was pure junk. So I must have known something. Reminiscent of Being There, another pseudo-intellectual psycho-babble satire with no substance. Shallow people, shallow acting, shallow relationships, lots and lots of unnecessary yelling, and not a soul in sight you can make a connection with. I could do a Peter Finch about how bad this movie was but I don't have the energy for it.

Basically a Godless, heavy-handed commentary on the meaningless of modern culture. This one-trick pony is set up right off the bat and plays out painfully and predictably from there. Sort of like a really boring two hour sociology lecture. The talent, which is considerable, could have been better served with (any) other material.
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