Comments on: Sundance Review: Less ‘Wrong’ Than Bad, Quentin Dupieux’s Followup To ‘Rubber’ Proves Him To Be A Half-Hit Wonder

By: greggb

greggb — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:07:51 +0000

Just for the record, I'm a 60 year old businessman; I haven't had a beard or horn-rimmed glasses in 40 years. I LOVED this movie. I have no problem that the reviewer felt otherwise about the film, but his attempt to characterize those who appreciate Dupieux's achievement is sophomoric.

By: Roger

Roger — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:07:51 +0000

"Dupieux is being heralded as a new voice in filmmaking — by around five film writers with the same beard who write mainly to impress each other when they gather in Brooklyn to compare horn rimmed glasses and arrogant statements intended to drown out their insecurities."

I have never read a sentence more likely to make me believe the writer has nothing whatever to impart to me that is of value.

By: take2la

take2la — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:07:51 +0000

…and You are…?!?

"But it's incredibly hard to tell what, exactly, Dupieux cares about other than his own self-amused absurdist explorations of absurdity for its own sake. Sure, I laughed at some of the non-sequitur jokes and moments in "Wrong," but the film around them is a fog of phoniness and so-unhip-its-hip visual storytelling with no story to tell."

Hmm…rather like your "review" eh?…"shameless self-indulgence " and "a fog of phoniness"–
I guess you had an HBO party to get to…