Millenarian Solution
There were a spate of movies associated with the end of the millennium and the search for 'meaning'. This one may be remembered as the best of the bunch.
It skips the pretentious, empty action of The Matrix, the obvious cliches of American Beauty, or the purely tongue in cheek tone of (the also excellent in its own way) Office Space. If you could categorize the narrative style, compare with The Sixth Sense or Memento.
I think it stays true and relevant to this day re: rejecting vapid consumerism, mocking 'special snowflake' effete self-regard, and standing up for the Regular Joe working man.
- jldmp1
- 6 apr 2020