Daydream Nation

Daydream Nation opens in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver on Friday, April 15th.



Ugh. Whatever. You know? Life in the suburbs is so hard. I mean, it's like none of us have our own identities and stuff and we all lurch about in some sort of grand existential funk in a search for any sort of meaning in our lives, you know? We turn to drugs and sex to numb the pain away because it is all we know and because it is all we can do. Deep down, we all hate ourselves in the suburbs. This is the movie about that summer where those things happened that made an impact in all our lives, for better or for worse, both here and in the greater scheme of the universe.

I could, you know, tell you the plot of the film, but it's all like, whatever, go away, I hate hearing the sound of my old voice and I am getting tired just talking to you, you know? It's about this girl (Kat Dennings) who is branded a slut by the rest of the school for no reason even though she is sleeping with her hottie English teacher (Josh Lucas). There's also this boy (Reece Thompson) that has a crush on this girl and he is suuuuuuuuuuuuuper cute, but like, suuuuuuuuuuper awkward because his best friend died in a car accident and he tries to get high off of a bunch of household cleaners and junk, but like, totally a nice guy, unlike that teacher that is just stringing her along and doesn't really know what he wants. But, ugh, no one really cares, except for maybe cutie boy's doting mother (Andie MacDowell). Certainly not that girl's dad (Ted Whittall) because no one knows what is going on in his head. Oh, and there is this serial killer going around! Yeah, he wears an all white suit like he is some sort of emissary from God or something.

I almost don't have the energy to go on I'm so booooooooooored. Life in Daydream Nation sucks so much, you know? It's, like, worse than an Atom Egoyan film. You know, that filmmaker that the movie references because it is a Canadian production set in the US? Yup, we need to lay the quirk on pretty thick around here to make any of this fly because we are just working so hard at conveying just how bored we are. We all do a great job of being bored here in Daydream Nation, but I don't think you would want to join us. You aren't cool enough to be bored with us so unless you can be all like, "Yeah, whatever" then just don't bother even trying. Try smoking some Lysol and Vim out of boredom and pain and then get back to us about how bad YOUR life is, eh? You just don't get it, do you? Whatever. But like, we got cool music (We live in a movie named after a Sonic Youth song guys! Because that totally speaks to who we are as teenagers and adults living in the suburbs today!) and stuff and there is usually alcohol and weed, so if you change your mind...

Rating (out of four stars): Whatever.
Arbitrary Star Designation: *