SXSW Film: Bondage

Just walked out of this film. At an event like this, when there's always something else to do, there's just no point in watching a poorly made movie. From the description, I was expecting a gritty, documentary-style feature about an Orange County kid who fucks up once and gets put through the ringer of the juvenile justive system. No such luck.

Bondage doesn't know what it wants to be. Consistent only its tonal inconsistency, it veers from juvenile delinquency played for comedy to the serious consequences of this behavior, from the zany antics of Andy Dick (?!) to the threat of prison rape. I wanted to like the actors, among them Illeana Douglas (To Die For, Six Feet Under), Michael K. Williams (The Wire), and Michael Angaran (Will and Grace), but it's like they were acting in different movies; almost always a failing of the director.

So I left.