Edmond

Edmond is an angry idiot and terrible amateur philosopher who has some bad ideas and does some stupid shit, learns nothing and lives happily ever after.

A terrific exploration of night-time madness, somewhat evocative of Taxi Driver, but funnier, purposefully cringier, and more in tune with its own silliness. Some of the plot turns are certainly ridiculous, but it works for what feels less like a realistic story and more of a parable of man descending into a downward whirlwind of financial woes, horniness, racism, and senseless murder (New York will do that to ya).

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Top badass moment? Edmond tries to buy a range of sexual experiences and ends up feeling he's been ripped off. Seeing him complaining about the prices, hidden extras and the overcomplicated but inconsistent muddle of suppliers, products and marketing, I was put in mind of what it’s like to buy a train ticket. Last week I bought a first-class ticket for less than the standard class one; and found there wasn't one at all for a route suggested by Network Rail. No cats, chainsaws or decapitations.

There is a two dimensional quality to Edmond that cannot be blamed on budgetary constraints or its theatrical origins. Fortunately Gordon's stage experience allows him to draw generally fine performances from his talented cast who deliver Mamet's prickly dialogue with admirable verve. Macy impresses in the risky role of a middle aged malcontent experiencing a dark night of the soul with tragically ironic consequences. It's deeply flawed but oddly compelling, and it's superior to Falling Down.

Incredibly juvenile script. The actors say their lines like it's a first reading and they don't yet know anything about their characters.

I was initially repelled and fascinated at once, thinking Gordon did not have the chops for this material (and he doesn't, but), then I didn't know what I was feeling, and then I thought the insane ending was just perfect, so I thought the whole movie was kind of awful and yet I loved it somehow. I really have no idea.

Edmond touches on some very difficult and important themes dealing with man's angst against modern society and the human condition more broadly. These themes are hard to explore through film, but Edmond does a better job with this versus others.

Some may say this is well-worn territory, but then something as unselfconscious as OBLIVION comes along, in which essentially the same character projects essentially the same fantasies and resentments (except that of course there are no black people), and the whole meandering trajectory starts to seem like quite a pointed assault. The theme of redemption remains, but is played out in a decidedly tragic rather than heroic key. Mamet is indubitably an oddball, but this is oddly interesting.

For all of Edmond's charisma, especially his incoherent tirades, there's not much to be had with a story that consistently undermines its potential at each turn. Although, his musings by themselves are interesting enough to make the film worth watching at least once.

50.375

bad acting, bad script, obvious direction mistakes and a very worn out idea that tells nothing new. overall i didn't enjoy any little bit of it, only except for the very very ending.

"Like Paul Haggis's Crash, the characters speak their minds so fully (or lie about their feelings so transparently) that the stuff which should be bubbling under the surface is constantly rising in fiery tirades." - Jeremiah Kipp

I wanted to like this - Mamet plus a great cast - but it felt very contrived to me. I just didn't get the Macy character and it all felt like a bit of an intellectual wank.

It's best to go into this one with either no idea of the plot or just what's provided on the back of the DVD. Stuart Gordon has made a fine transition to gritty crime films, and Edmond is a fine example.

Wanted to like it, but Macy's neo-hippie speech patterns/subjects are too overbearing, and honestly it's about as realistic as a donut-shaped diamond for breakfast.

The idea of the story is marv, but we are not talking abut Falling Down with Michael Douglas. The script is badly written, directing is weak and the whole thing is male chauvinistic. Lots of good actors, William H. Macy, Mena Suvari, Denise Richards, Julia Stiles. Ebbe Roe Smith just wrote it much more better way.

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Very good.

Very different, but still something "the same" about it.

The autistic hero (William H. Macy) haggles with whores and God, murders an aspiring-actress mcguffin, goes bald and moustachey in prison, and [SPOILER ALERT] kisses his black cellmate. If the director of Re-Animator (plus an all-star cast) can't salvage this shockingly awful Mamet play, maybe nothing can.

William H. Macy is very good but I just can't honestly say I enjoyed it. I can honestly say it's something different and I haven't seen anything like it before.