If you like this film see Bottle Rocket (1996)
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jcrowd13 — 20 years ago(February 08, 2006 12:25 PM)
the one guy with all the ideas, everyone following along and believing even though he's kind of a BSer. The natural dialogue, the pacing, the one guy that was in a nutt house for depression. someone getting shot in the end, making all their plans fall apart.a lot ofthe off-beat quirky humor too they're similar in a lot of ways. i loved both films.
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cjr3559 — 18 years ago(October 08, 2007 05:15 PM)
Well, I watched this after liking "Bottle Rocket", and I'll have to say this was kind of dull. I thought Nicholson was mis-cast as the straight guy. Someone with that much talent shouldn't play anyone passive, especially when in contrast to a much higher energy character. He was great in the opening and closing monologues, but the entire time I watched everything else in between, I kept thinking he should have had Bruce Dern's part.
This film missed the mark for me in more ways than that, too. After seeing "Five Easy Pieces" (1970) and comparing what Rafelson and Nicholson did in that film, this was a disappointment. Too bad! -
lcrews — 15 years ago(May 07, 2010 08:20 PM)
cjr3559, I think your complaint is a common one. Too many people want this to be Five Easy Pieces, or at least for Nicholson to play a character like Bobby Dupea. You've got to take Marvin Gardens for what it is, as hard as that may be. I think Nicholson's performance in it is amazing. Even though Five Easy Pieces is my all-time favorite film, I love what Nicholson, Dern, Burstyn and Rafelson did with Marvin Gardens.
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jimmy_miller — 14 years ago(June 24, 2011 08:25 AM)
I agree with lcrews completely and I urge you to take his advice.
Just popped into my mind that Rafelson originally wanted to cast Pacino in the role who I think could've been picture perfect (not that Nicholson isn't, but I doubt Al would've had to play it with the glasses on). -
tdl797 — 13 years ago(August 08, 2012 03:54 PM)
I don't see the connection really.
Futureman and the banana suits could not exist in this world.
They both are European influenced American films though.
The girl waiting at the station made me think of Royal Tenenbaums though.
Maybe I didn't get the film, as I still don't really know what Dern was trying to do.
Dern reminded me a lot of Jason Lee in his first scene.
The director I wonder about watching this movie is Kubrick.
Jack+Scatman+Hotel = ?