Of Mice and Miserable

If you are considering life long depression, this movie can be prescribed to you. This movie starts off with a homely girl running aimlessly through a field. Apparently, this is a poor flashback of what happened earlier on a farm. After this mellow dramatic chase sequence is over, for those of who haven't already turned off your television, you have to endure pointless dialogue with poor southern accents that come in and out of sentences. If there was any symbolism in this film, it must of been Lennie (the apparent slow one) reflecting on this whole movie, because it seemed to drag on with no real plot or conflict. As if this film had not been cruel enough, they introduce an old dog, only to be shot dead. This scene was obviously meant to be more intense and dramatic, but due to poor camera angles and lighting, the full effect could not be experienced. A nameless woman also in this film who appears to be 14 years old is already married to one of the men. Just as the dog, she was introduced into the film to bring meaningless dialogue, only to have her neck broken by Lennie(who's instinct was to put the girl in a cholk hold until her neck breaks). Characters were poorly introduced from start to finish, it was hard to determine who was a main character and who was just a filler. As clear as a glass of milk this movie comes to a grinding, sudden stop with a mellow dramatic ending, making the viewer cry out "hallelujah", instead of the intended reaction. This movie was poorly acted, directed, and filmed, from start to finish.

0*'s out of 5