Suffering Man's Charity (2007)

Suffering Man's Charity (2007). 1h 33m

“This film needed some combination of the following : a separate director that was NOT starring in the film, sympathetic characters, multi-dimensional characters, less overacting, a bigger budget, more people involved in the creation, and/or FILM source with good image quality. Any of the listed items could be overcome in different circumstances, but here they are all piled on.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI appreciate that the main character was meant to be someone who acts out his own life in overblown, dramatic excess. I appreciate that this character is intentionally not a likable person. Such things are valid and interesting choices to try, but they are challenges that require a LOT of feedback and careful planning to make a film that works. That seemed absent.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eInstead, what we have here is a piece which leaves the impression that the actor (and director), Alan Cumming, does not know how to tone it down.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWe only see one side of each character, and none seem to progress or change in any meaningful way. And no, changing address or circumstance does not count — the characters never seem to learn anything.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll the audience gets is nasty people who never get better as they do things we can not care much about, and doing them in a somewhat absurdist way. Yes, there are some amusing scenarios, but all the negatives overwhelm occasional positives.”