SOME DAYS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS

And watching this movie certainly didn’t make it one
of the better days.  It’s a mash of three
separate stores about a group of four struggling Portlanders whose lives are
going nowhere, just like this film. 
These are disparate characters out of step with the rest of the world, but
writer/ director Matt McCormick ensures that as we don’t engage with any of the
protagonists, we really cannot care less.

I will confess that I also find the new hit cult TV
series ‘Portlandia’ written and starring Carrie Brownstein (also one on the
actors in this film), totally unfunny. 
Maybe it’s the fact I just don’t get this hip Oregon culture?

This film has been described elsewhere as poetically
melancholic.  Melancholic yes … to the
point of downright depression, but I failed to see the poetry at all.

There is only one thing I liked about this movie.  That’s the title.

★★