I Heart Huckabees
(dir. David O. Russell)
How am I not myself?
Billed as an existential detective comedy, Russell's film errs on the side of wackiness, but works on the whole. V enjoyable performances from Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin as the detectives investigating eco-activist Jason Schwartzman's psyche and a string of coincidences that may or may not be meaningful. They make a great couple - you kind of wonder why no-one's paired them up before. Some nice fantasy moments where corporate man Jude Law gets hacked by a machete.
Floats along without hitting that Wes Anderson groove where an offbeat world really kicks into its own gear so that you don't worry about the self-conscious goofiness. The sort of film you can be fond of without really loving, which is a shame as I had higher hopes. Good character performances from Naomi Watts, Isabelle Huppert and Mark "don't call me Marky" Wahlberg.
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