The movie adaptation of Chuck Klosterman's novel is a missed opportunity made up of scattered pieces with no clear vision.
Adapting Downtown Owl, the novel by Chuck Klosterman, co-directors Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater, who also wrote the screenplay, deliver a messy, aimless film. It has moments of intrigue that are quickly extinguished by the film’s attempts at doing too much. The film’s depiction of small town life in the early 80s is grim, but if it had centered on the ways in which its characters feel stuck it might have made up for everything else.
Downtown Owl has a certain charm about it at first, but that doesn’t last too long. If you think the story is leading somewhere, you’ll be disappointed to find that it doesn’t amount to anything substantial. The ending is abrupt and strange, as though it’s meant to make us feel deeply about these characters that never get the development they deserve. The script doesn’t properly serve any of them, and you’ll be hard-pressed to feel anything but indifference.
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