Spring Breakers
Dir: Harmony Korine
2012
**
Spring Breakers seems to have been welcomed by the very people I'm pretty sure it is trying to send up. This is a visionary nightmare of the new lost generation no? The gratuitous imagery and horrible behaviour are shown at a fast and repetitive rate that really seems to deliver the message with a hammer - yet still I'm not sure this film has been understood. The ending probably didn't help though, probably didn't do Pussy Riot any favours either. It's ultimately a fail because the message is lost and the imagery takes over. I've got a lot of love for Harmony Korine and this film is a couple of tweaks away from being a masterpiece. Unfortunately those couple of tweaks are pretty important ones, the message is lost and it's just plain horrible to watch.