Mister Lonely: Harmony Korine

Hmm. It seems I have nothing to do tonight. I think I'll watch Harmony Korine's MISTER LONELY (2007).

— Nathanael Hood (@NateHood257) April 13, 2018

Please please please tell me the rest of this film is just Werner Herzog having priestly adventures.

— Nathanael Hood (@NateHood257) April 13, 2018

There's no way Korine DIDN'T create this parachuting nun subplot on the fly when Herzog told him he'd be in the film.

"What? Herzog agreed to this one too? Uh...uh...get me a plane in Africa, a priest's robe, and a bunch of nuns! It'll make sense in post, I promise! I think..."

— Nathanael Hood (@NateHood257) April 13, 2018

Okay, so, this movie doesn't really work. But moments like the one where the impersonators mourn the culling of the sick sheep are transcendent.

— Nathanael Hood (@NateHood257) April 13, 2018

I THINK I know what Korine was going for with the juxtaposition of the impersonators and the nuns: people living their eccentric truths through acts of blind faith, one group succeeding one group failing.

— Nathanael Hood (@NateHood257) April 13, 2018

But I dunno, the whole thing just fails to coalesce.

— Nathanael Hood (@NateHood257) April 13, 2018

Rating: 4/10