Let me just say this up front: for most or perhaps all of this movie you will not know what is going on. Between exchanges of matchboxes, achingly long silences, arb naked people and “Two espressos, in two separate cups,” you’ll soon adopt that look on your face that says “Huh?”This is supposed to be an unconventional crime caper, but instead comes across as an irritating and garbled mess. Just what exactly is Jim Jarmusch, the filmmaker, trying to achieve here? You get the feeling that Jarmusch is making a conscious effort to rebel against conventional storytelling, which is ok. What is not ok is leaving the viewer feeling like they’ve been toyed with, like a cat batting a dead mouse.
Rating: 2 outta 5.
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