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- 2013
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- Phase 4 Films
- 1 h 37 m
- 2013
- R
- Phase 4 Films
- 1 h 37 m
- 2013
- R
- Phase 4 Films
- 1 h 37 m
- 2013
- R
- Phase 4 Films
- 1 h 37 m
Generation Um...
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6.0
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
25
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
30% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
70% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
Though ultimately unsuccessful, it valiant reaches for a funky, wild critique of hedonistic sluggards wandering through society with no clear direction. But more than anything else, it delivers Keanu in his element.
“Um” winds up as empty as its mean streets are phony.
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 31 User Ratings
6.0
48% Positive
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
16% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
35% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
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I try not to make this a spoiler, but I have to say that they might as well have called it a documentary...though the actors are mere placeholders for a phenomenon i guess. I have travelled a great deal around this world and had nights like the one shown in this movie quite many everywhere i went, though most of the people involved were not sexworkers. Uncountable conversations with glasses of whine, mostly without cameras though ;-),with people like me, randomly ending up in the same space for a limited period of time, living in the "grey zone"- a.k.a life. This film is a mere description of how blurry time, space and relation to what is perceived as reality and the suffering within it becomes sometimes, when you are stuck between awareness and maturity. My compliments to the director, the girls and Mr. Reeves. Somebody seems to have understood something. And its funny too!!!
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This scrappy, draggy study in soul-crushing failure and disappointment is noteworthy primarily as a showcase for its lead actor’s most quintessentially Keanu performance in years.
Reeves is able to make such potentially silly material as this strangely compelling, but his hard work is ultimately a drop in an otherwise empty bucket.
Neither the film, nor the film within the film, hold our attention. Bummer, Keanu.
The levels of insight provided into the characters are exactly commensurate with any conceivable viewer's interest in learning more about these nonentities.
What does it add up to? Um ... I have no idea and don’t really care. Just because the characters waste their time doesn’t mean you should waste yours watching them circle the drain.
"Generation Um…" is a very subtle and clever movie with fine actor's work. All characters of this story are very important even if they are absent in the shot (John's mother for example). Each role has certain semantic meaning. So what this movie is about? According to official short reviews it is about "three adults during a single day in New York City, one filled with sex, drugs, and indecision". But this is only the tip of the iceberg. The thoughtful viewer who isn't interested in action only, but in psychological and philosophical dramas also, will dig deeper. And after that it becomes obvious that the movie is kind of a very frank and shrill confession. Why the characters of the movie come to such point in their lives? The reasons are deep mental wounds, childhood complexes and bad experiences. And life apathy and inner uncertainty as a result of it It leads to the point when the adult person drives himself or herself into a corner and immures all exits, destroying thereby all their life. The movie is about the importance of understanding yourself, throwing the past mistakes' weight off the shoulders, and forgiving people that caused those painful scars on your heart. The most important is to forgive and just love yourself at least a little, and try to spread the wings as a new nation and start over with a clean slate. It is still very important to understand that it's possible to start a new life at any age. That's why the main characters are in different age categories (around 20, 30 and 40 years old). As it is written in medical literature, "the forming of the positive motivation can increase probability of the patient's recovery". We can see their recovery even though it's painful and uncertain. Keanu Reeves notes in the interviews that the ending of the movie gives hope for the future.
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Production Company
Voltage Pictures,
Company Films,
Generation Um
Release Date May 3, 2013
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating R
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Tagline To survive you must discover who you are. Or not...
