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Wednesday, 31 December 2014

Against the Current


Also Known As:
Unknown
Year:
2008
Country:
United States…
Predominant Genre:
Drama
Director:
Peter Callahan…
Outstanding Performance:
Michelle TRACHTENBERG…
Premiss:
Struggling with a tragic past, a man with an urgent calling enlists two friends to help him swim the length of a river.
Themes:
Alienation | Destiny | Friendship | Grieving | Identity | Loneliness | Loyalty | Narcissism | Self-expression | Solipsism | White culture | White supremacy
Similar (in Plot, Theme or Style) to:
Unknown
Review Format:
DVD

Going with the Flow

Well-acted and well-directed but, ultimately, a self-indulgent and superficial piece of White whining.

The characterization is thin & weakly-differentiated. There is little clear sense that these people live in an emotional and social bubble from which they choose not to escape; this being the central reason for their malaise.

If only Whites got out more, saw life in its true, objective perspective & stopped pretending to face their issues when they are merely evading them - as here.

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