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Finsterworld (2013)
A poor imitation of the plot devices in both Babylon and Crash
"...And tell them we don't want to rent any Nazi cars like Mercedes, BMW, and Porches..."
Just saw about an hour and a half of this waste of my life, today. The ostensible message of this film is that below the bright, shining, cloud-free existences of each protagonist, there lies an unrelenting antagonist. That is not enough to make this worth the time it takes to realize you're not being entertained but manipulated.
This director was obviously trying to imitate the plot devices in both Babylon and Crash, in weaving together five stories that end up involving each other. Not an original premise. However, if done properly and in good taste, such plot devices can be entertaining for the short attention spans of modern audiences.
Problem is, you've got to have someone for whom you can root, for whom there is at least a modicum of compassion, in any movie that is to be worthwhile. Save for the nursing home mother who becomes the victim of a perverted pedicurist, and a bullied school boy, both of whom end up deceased, no one else in Finsterworld who survives will be given a second thought, regardless of the message.
What you're left with is the dubious imagination of someone who has not lived enough to reflect a life that is at least a possibility.