There is no doubt that the movie is a resounding success when viewed like this.
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In an interview for Film Inquiry that ran earlier this week, Kirk claimed his directorial style is defined by giving his actors full reign to flesh out their performances, letting them tell the story through performance alone, with no aid from distracting cinematography or visual tricks to make him appear distinct as an auteur. Which isn’t to say the film is without charm, as Kirk ensures his screenplay is filled with characters so well rounded and (for the most part) likeable, you can’t help but find the somewhat contrived antics endearing. Ordinary World doesn’t have anything to say that you haven’t heard a million times before from other, similarly budgeted indie projects. If you were looking for a thesis on the human condition, presented in cinematic form, then you’d better look elsewhere. Everybody obsesses about what might have been and how it could have shaped their current, sub-par present, so the insights here aren’t exactly revolutionary. The story in Ordinary World is as old as narrative itself, primarily because a large portion of stories we consume are created by ageing white guys who wish to force-feed us the existential fears they face as they grow older. He hires a presidential hotel suite and invites his former bandmates (led by Fred Armisen) round for a party, only to realise just how much times have changed and how they have steadfastly refused to mature and accept adult responsibility. source: Universal Picturesįinding out it’s his 40th birthday, his brother ( Chris Messina) gifts Perry $1,000 of company money to host himself a big blow out. On his 40th birthday, his family have forgotten that it’s the big day, leaving him to tend to the same menial tasks that now define his existence: running house husband errands and working part time in the family owned DIY store. Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong stars in the lead role as Perry, a former rockstar whose band went on indefinite hiatus ten years ago so he could start a family with his wife ( Selma Blair). It is charming and gives you characters with crises worth investing in, even though the predictability from the opening moments helps you know exactly how everything will resolve. It possesses a narrative that manages to water down complex emotions into a neat three act structure that occurs over the course of one 24 hour period. Ordinary World, the sophomore effort from writer/director Lee Kirk, doesn’t have any particularly novel insight into middle age. In the movies, it is always a maudlin, Sundance Festival friendly time in your life filled with quirky behaviour and a warm smattering of nostalgia for the way things were or could have been. In real life, this is a complicated period which can become difficult to process emotionally. In pop culture, the midlife crisis has become something of a cliche that has long past saturation point following the waves of American Beauty imitators at the turn of the millennium. It has often been noted that no two people react to the dawning of maturity in the same manner, even if the cause of the anxiety is always the same. Those going through a midlife crisis are noted to act irrationally compared to their previous behaviour in a need to get out of a self-perceived rut. A midlife crisis is roughly defined as a period of anxiety and disappointment reflecting on your past as you approach middle age.
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