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- 2002
- R
- Vanguard Cinema
- 1 h 49 m
- 2002
- R
- Vanguard Cinema
- 1 h 49 m
Summary Part absurdist comedy, part realist character study, this film chronicles an intertwined odyssey - the dance of two lovers growing in different directions, each at a different pace, and their attempts to rediscover each other. (Two Boots Pioneer Theater)
Directed By: Gregg Lachow
Written By: Gregg Lachow
- 2002
- R
- Vanguard Cinema
- 1 h 49 m
- 2002
- R
- Vanguard Cinema
- 1 h 49 m
Money Buys Happiness
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Summary Part absurdist comedy, part realist character study, this film chronicles an intertwined odyssey - the dance of two lovers growing in different directions, each at a different pace, and their attempts to rediscover each other. (Two Boots Pioneer Theater)
Directed By: Gregg Lachow
Written By: Gregg Lachow
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Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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25% Positive
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2 Reviews
38% Mixed
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3 Reviews
38% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
41
25% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
38% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
38% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Weatherford and Murphy lead a young and bright cast. All in all, Money Buys Happiness shows that Lachow is a director worth keeping an eye on.
Camera compositions are curious, even poorly framed at times, but helmer's gift is in directing actors and building scenes around physical actions, much like silent filmmakers.
The Sisyphean ordeal at the heart of the film strongly recalls Roman Polanksi's 1958 short "Two Men and a Wardrobe," while Lachow's loose, improvisatory approach -- as well as the occasional self-indulgence -- feels more like Henry Jaglom.
At best, plays like an attenuated "Seinfeld" episode.
Unless you're struck by the urge to watch strangers work out their petty issues in couples therapy, it's hard to find a compelling reason to sit through Gregg Lachow's irritatingly self-absorbed indie drama.
Lachow goes for cuteness and whimsy every chance he gets, missing a lot more often than he hits.
About 20 minutes in, it is clear that the couple will emerge as nothing more than crabby yuppies whose articulation of their pouts sounds like the same argument over and over again.
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