Highly Overrated But Still Good

Awesome Movie

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Buster's Mal Heart is a movie about a man who has a job and a family and then he meets this other guy who seeds paranoia into his mind and "wakes him up". So it becomes a story about a man who lost his mind. It starts Rami Malek, known of Mr. Robot, in a very similar role to that one. Actually, the whole movie kinda feels like a dull, season filler episode of Mr. Robot.I went into it expecting a total puzzle full of twists and mind-bending moments, but the movie is actually pretty dull. Malek is fantastic and there is some nice symbolism at times, but it's all overshadowed by the boredom of this movie. I didn't hate it, I just didn't find it engaging. It does have a few nice moments, but it's not enough to make the movie stick out. It just feels overlong and pretentious with quite a few unnecessary moments. Just to make this clear, I love the puzzling art-house flicks, but this felt more like something that wanted to be one of those instead of actually being one. And I didn't find myself thinking much about it after I finished it. Only a little about the ending, but that quickly faded away too. Also, one of the reasons is because it felt like too many things we've already seen before (Mr. Robot and Fight Club in particular) and to me at least, it never felt really as fresh as unique. I suggest you rather watch (or re-watch) Mr. Robot.

This is a visually striking film with an amazing plot. It took some time for me to fully understand this film but once you understand it, it will stick with you for a long time. Rami Malek's performance is flawless and minimalistic. If you're obsessed with filmmaking and cinematography you will appreciate this to its full potential.

Odds are that the majority of the five star reviewers didn't understand the movie, and the one star admitted to not getting it. No he didn't kill his wife and child. Did he even have a wife and child? No he was not stranded in a rowboat in the middle of the ocean - symbolic for? So open-ended, you choose. Did he meet a strange independent free-psychotic person - maybe, maybe not. Most likely not. Did he leave his job to spend his life ransacking cabins in the wilds - possibly, but possibly not. The chase encounter seemed too dreamy to be real and then his disappearance at the the end probably means he didn't exist. So, conclusion choose whatever you want - it's your story to make up.

Seems like the actors sign on to movies like this to cash in on the fad of independent films. The director/writer has a thought that does not come across well. Interesting concept, but tries too hard to make this into something. The acting is dry and slow - but I think the script and director's "vision" is to blame. They seem to be without passion and the movie drags because of it. I don't get the independent films that seem to think boring people to death are how to gain fans. This film was like eating kale, people pretend to like it to seem cool, but in reality, it's horrible. And when you're newer to the director business with a couple of no-name, low budget films, promoting yourself as a visionary is inappropriate. Sarah Adina Smith will not go down in history as a director to waste your time or money on...