Brent_Marchant
Theres a difference between minimalist and vacuous, and writer-director Annie Baker doesnt seem to know the difference. The playwrights debut feature, to put it simply, is boring, pretentious, meandering, unfocused and a big, fat waste of time. Its so dull, in fact, that the film makes the works of Kelly Reichardt appear utterly fascinating. Set in 1991 in the hippie-dominated arts community of rural western Massachusetts, the film follows the story (if one could even call it that) of middle-aged acupuncturist Janet (Julianne Nicholson) as she struggles to sort out what appears to have been a wayward, meandering life. And, as this tale plays out, it faithfully sticks to that course, too, an influence thats clearly wearing off on Janets equa...
