This is a strange and obscure movie, and I'm not sure how I even found it. But that poster was intriguing, and it's got some fairly notable actors in it (Liv Ullmann, Sam Waterston, and John Heard). Plus, the director's name is Bernt Amadeus Capra. What could go wrong?
Turns out, not much... but at the same time, I'm not sure a ton went super right, either, because Mindwalk is really just fine. It's three people talking about philosophical ideas for nearly two hours, and sometimes when they do so, the background is a little bit interesting to look at, but not really. Like the backgrounds, the conversations are sometimes quite intriguing; I felt like I was eavesdropping on a bunch of people at a high-class party, only I kept zoning out because not all the things they said were worth listening in on.
If you want a movie where it's just people talking and then it sort of ends, but some of that talking is interesting and it's good actors doing the talking, then by all means, watch Mindwalk. It reminded me a bit of a movie called The Man from Earth, which was just a bunch of people talking about stuff, without much by way of changing settings or a constantly moving plot. The dialogue was surprisingly good, but the acting was really just okay at best. If there was a way to combine the acting prestige/quality of Mindwalk with the dialogue in The Man from Earth, then we'd have a stew going.
Turns out, not much... but at the same time, I'm not sure a ton went super right, either, because Mindwalk is really just fine. It's three people talking about philosophical ideas for nearly two hours, and sometimes when they do so, the background is a little bit interesting to look at, but not really. Like the backgrounds, the conversations are sometimes quite intriguing; I felt like I was eavesdropping on a bunch of people at a high-class party, only I kept zoning out because not all the things they said were worth listening in on.
If you want a movie where it's just people talking and then it sort of ends, but some of that talking is interesting and it's good actors doing the talking, then by all means, watch Mindwalk. It reminded me a bit of a movie called The Man from Earth, which was just a bunch of people talking about stuff, without much by way of changing settings or a constantly moving plot. The dialogue was surprisingly good, but the acting was really just okay at best. If there was a way to combine the acting prestige/quality of Mindwalk with the dialogue in The Man from Earth, then we'd have a stew going.