idea why, because you missed
a year’s worth of character development. That’s the effect of
Linklater’s film and, though it’s
his desired effect, it often feels
a little too convenient, allowing
Linklater to take the sort of narrative shortcuts we wouldn’t approve of were it not for his novel
film-making approach.
Linklater substitutes physical development for character
development and haircuts for
story beats and the movie collapses entirely for a 20 minute
period with the introduction of a
crassly handled domestic abuse
subplot. Because we’re missing
so much information, it appears
that the victim walks away from
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