Krippendorf's Tribe

Jenna Elfman is truly frightening.

It’s been 16 years since a Criticker review was lodged for this film, which seems about right: has there ever been a movie more bizarrely tone deaf, loud and hectic that lands with such a dull thud? With Dreyfuss and Elfman frantically mugging for the cheap seats, and Tomlin showing how cruel the 90s could be to her, this is a farce with no energy and no oxygen that only exacerbates the uncomfortable racial overtones of the scenario (especially whenever Dreyfuss dons his “native” makeup).

While outwardly a silly little piece, occasionally funny, amusing enough, and surprisingly engaging, somehow the morality of the tale is disturbing: a hungry public demanding and eating trash served up by a benign liar perpetrating a hoax for personal gain. That this is good or right, as presented in the movie gives cause to wonder if the system of deceit is being exposed as a function of an ill society/institution or justified in the face of adversity created by the same illness.

One of the worst I've seen. Good actors in a piece of crap.