Allow me to make a case for a controversial filmmaker despite his inarguably awful new work, and perhaps even despite the general course of his career since 1994.
Splendor (1999)
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Reviews Counted:17
Fresh:9
Rotten:8
Average Rating:5.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: BEVERLY HILLS 90210 star Kathleen Robertson is Veronica, a young woman who suddenly kickstarts her lovelife when she falls for novelist Abel (Shaech) and drummer Zed (Keeslar) on the same night.... BEVERLY HILLS 90210 star Kathleen Robertson is Veronica, a young woman who suddenly kickstarts her lovelife when she falls for novelist Abel (Shaech) and drummer Zed (Keeslar) on the same night. They decide to try an unconventional arrangement in which they all live together. Another highly stylized, brightly-colored fairytale from Araki (THE DOOM GENERATION) with a strong alt-pop soundtrack. [More]
Starring: Kathleen Robertson, Matt Keeslar, Johnathon Schaech
Starring: Kathleen Robertson, Matt Keeslar, Johnathon Schaech
Director: Gregg Araki
Director: Gregg Araki
Screenwriter: Gregg Araki
Producer: Damian Jones, Graham Broadbent, Gregg Araki
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Reviews for Splendor
An agreeable enough watch--that is, until the film is over, when you realize that not once did you care for any of these characters.
After makinh some significant indies about gay teen angst, Araki's point of departure is a below-mediocre romantic triangle picture that borrows heavily from Noel Coward, Hawks, and Cukor but without freshn insights or charm.
Splendor, purportedly a a sex farce, has had all of its joy and energy surgically removed.
It's far from great, has nothing remotely memorable about it and suffers from a certain derivativeness.
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