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this movie is like a bad acid trip....scene after scene of vile, disgusting images with no redeeming qualities whatsoever... i wasn't crazy about the doom generation, but at least that movie had a few engaging characters... maybe if i still was a drug abuser, i'd have a different perspective but this move has no appeal to a sober set of eyes

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11-08-06

I give this a decent rating for being bizarre as hell, and so fucked up with surreal and drug-related imagery you gotta keep watching to see what comes next.

There are very few movies out there that I would award no score to. As of right now, there are only 5 films I have reviewed that I have bestowed the dreaded zero rating, this is the sixth. This is because there are so many things a film has to do wrong in order to garner this score. If it weren't for director Gregg Araki's Mysterious Skin, I would have written this man off as being a talent-less hack. But this great film in no way changes my views on the utter crap-fest that is his 1997 feature, Nowhere.

I had the misfortunate chance to see this movie when I was still in high school. I remember that there were a lot of students talking about "this strange film on t.v. last night," the day after and knew that they were talking about Nowhere. The weird thing was that all of these people seemed to like the film. Which was weird since after I was done viewing it, I couldn't help but think I had wasted 90 minutes of my life.

I hate to sound like a snob with my last paragraph. I don't like to impose my opinions on others, since we all see films in different lights. So I don't condemn anyone who likes this film. But for me, I will never ever as long as I live on this planet ever enjoy anything about this movie. It has horrible pacing, horrible characters, horrible dialogue, horrible acting, horrible directing... am I getting the point across? Nowhere feels like a film that is nothing more than a bunch of short films spliced together with no real thought or point to anything at all.

There is nothing I could latch onto with this movie. There are a lot of talented people in the film, such as Ryan Phillippe and Debi Mazar. But even with all of its talented actors, the film never gives them words to say that are worth listening to, or situations to dwell in that are worth paying attention to. Nowhere wants to be weird for the sake of being weird. That may seem like being artsy to some, but to me that doesn't make for good filmmaking.

It is rare for me to say this, but I completely hate this movie. There are very few films out there that I truly dread beyond belief, and Nowhere sits right there at the top of the heap as being among the worst films of all time in my eye. Araki's career may pick up now that he has made Mysterious Skin, but Nowhere will always be a skid mark on this director's shorts.

An erratic masterpiece that captures the confusion and depression of lost teenagers, Nowhere is chaos in a bottle.
Drug use, murder, alien abduction, reckless sex, and relationships hetero to bi, this is a film for the lost and downtrodden on the edge of the apocalypse.

With a ridiculous number of star cameos and bizzare visuals, this film careens through a dark Los Angeles like a depressed mind on acid. and drunk. and on ecstasy. and pot. The heart of the film is how unattainable a real connection to another human being can be, and how once one actually feels a connection, how quickly it can dissapear.

While this movie is disjointed at best, with little resolution and numerous frayed ends, it seems that is exactly what it's meant to be. At one point in a quiet parking lot, and mysterious figure in a mask steps forward carrying a large dead dog in both arms, then vanishes.

It's that kind of film.

Awesome. Another great one from Araki. Of course, not completely thought provoking but open to interpretation. Like the ones previous, Nowhere holds those tiny background-ish signs of the apocalypse or religious messages that never fail to amuse me. Signs that say things like, 'God Help Me' or 'The Apocalypse is Coming'. Not to mention the hauntingly odd conversation between two characters about the supposed rapture which was to occur on the day the film takes place, which it practically does.

What irks me is the fact that everyone says Nowhere is a dirtier film than The Doom Generation, but you've got to consider the facts. There's barely any nudity , most profanity is replaced by bastardized valley girl slang, and the violence is no less disturbing than what you'd find in the Doom Generation. Putting two and two together, TDG is most definitely the more graphic film. Clearly.

Rad soundtrack. An ensemble cast. Trippy visuals and decor. Perfect 90s Gen-X stereotypes. But still not reccommended to many. Most can't see past the apparently unwitty dialogue and 'gratuitous' sex.

*sigh* I guess I will have to be content watching this illegally online for the rest of my life, since Nowhere isn't and probably never will be on Region 1 Disc.

My favorite film of all time, thus far anyways. I will admit it is not for everyone, but for those who "get it," it strikes a chord on many levels. I first watched it years ago when I was a teenager, and the angst of this film hit home, along with the sadness and alienation of being different, whether it be sexuality or other factors. It's just so unique. The language used is creative to say the least...90'ish/Gen. X slang? The visuals are amazing, and the soundtrack is brilliant! Honestly, the music is one of the best things about this film. The songs capture each emotion that I go through while watching perfectly. The description Araki gives sums it up better than I ever could...it's like 90210 on acid! I love the rawness of Araki's films, but this one is hands down my favorite. Plus I have to admit this film is why I'm still in love to this day with James Duvall.