2007 · drama
Mister Lonely
Directed by Harmony Korine1h 52m2007
In Paris, a young American working as a Michael Jackson lookalike meets Marilyn Monroe, who invites him to her commune in Scotland, where she lives with Charlie Chaplin and her daughter, Shirley Temple.
Our read: Mister Lonely (2007) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, surreal drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, slow-burn, measured drama, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- slow-burn
- surreal
- signature
- intimate
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