Synecdoche, New York (2008)

Synecdoche, New York (R)

"Acting Out"

Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut is a stunner; a dark, dream like tale of a playwright (Phillip Semour Hoffman) struggling to achieve his life work: A play which portrays real life honestly while his real life becomes increasingly entangles with stalkers, wives and children. My favorite bit was the girlfriend with the continually burning house, this movie is moving, symbolic and complex. At one point Hoffman is directing the play about himself directing a play about himself directing the play. Struggles with honesty in art and life, the movie deserves acclaim, not the bad buzz that Cannes painted it with.

9  think pieces out of 10.(GREAT)