Akito HirataReview - Mister Lonely
February 19th 2009 07:14
Mister Lonely follows Diego Luna as a Michael Jackson impersonator. He is uncomfortable in his own skin and prefers to hide behind Michael Jackson’s persona in order to get by in life. He himself remarks “All I want is to be better than myself, to become less ordinary and to find some purpose in this world. It is easier to see things in others, to see things you admire and then try and become that.”
His talent agent is unable to find him paid work and sends him to do volunteer work in a nursing home one afternoon to cheer up the residents, unfortunately for him, not his first time. There he meets up with a Marilyn Monroe impersonator (Samantha Morton) and the two instantly hit it off.
Returning to the commune, Michael finds that it is not as ideal as it originally sounded and conflicts abound with the other characters at the house. The house is filled with odd characters including Little Red Riding Hood, the Queen, the Pope, Abraham Lincoln, Sammy Davis Jnr, James Dean, Madonna and the Three Stooges. Whilst the surroundings should be ideal for Michael, the secret feelings he harbours for Marilyn creates even more of an internal conflict for him,
If the story focused around the characters and the house, I think it would have made for a more interesting film, but the movie also carried with it the unrelated story about nuns who could jump from airplanes and remain unharmed. Seemingly plotless, both the unconnected stories fumble along in the director's hands.
The movie, filmed in a rough documentary style, does not enable us to get as close to the characters as is needed to make this film really work. Pop culture is responsible for creating this alternative world for these characters to live 24/7 and you can’t help but pity them for it.
Voyage Review: 2/5
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