Dedalus (2018)

Dedalus: Directed by Jonah Greenstein. With Alexander Horner, Thomas Jay Ryan, Ashley Robicheaux, Martin H. Krieger. DEDALUS is a fiction triptych portraying community, love, and loss. In rural Iowa, a grocery cashier watches helplessly as classmates conceal their act of sexual violence against his teenaged step-sister. Will she keep the child? A hustler tricks for food, shelter, and intimacy during a winter in New York City. A young woman takes him in, but nothing satiates his unrequited love for an older gay client. Mortality compels a father to leave his home in Los Angeles and move in with his daughter. Jonah Greenstein’s gorgeously shot feature debut laces loneliness with beauty to create a film of startling cinematic intimacy.

“A triptych? Is that what itu0026#39;s called? Iu0026#39;d day it was an utter, boring, meaningless mess. Unconnected scenes, repetition, unexplained characters, and u0026quot;cleveru0026quot; use of the camera which was in fact clichéd.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNone of this said anything to anyone. The acting was so poor as to be wooden. It couldnu0026#39;t be anything else as the script was so monotonous.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI have a confession to make. I got a WhatsApp call at 38 minutes into the film. I took the call and switched back into the film a few minutes later. And then I changed my mind and clicked the film off. I just knew this was not going to get any better. I have no sense of having possibly missed something or regret at not having seen the ending.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHonestly, donu0026#39;t bother. Sorry this is a short review – they are usually longer, but this was so awful that thereu0026#39;s little to be said except watch virtually anything else.”