Bodies, Rest and Motion is an entertaining, well shot, well acted and well written film. Yes, as the title suggests, it is "philosophical", but it is certainly not dry or pretentious. The twists and turns used to sneak the "philosophy" into the mouths of the characters are fantastically clever. (Reminds me of Mamet.) However, this dialogue is so well written that it fits perfectly into the mouths of these characters. This film can be watched two ways: as a slacker diary similar Dazed and Confused, Clerks or Mall Rats or as a language-driven meditation on love, fidelity and ambition (lack thereof).
Anyone who calls this film pretentious does not appreciate that film can be linguistically creative and intelllectually stimulating while still being fun.
Judge for yourself: Would Eric Stolz, Phoebe Cates, Tim Roth and Bridgett Fonda lend their collosal talents to pretentious garbage?
If you're a writer, screenwriter or poet, then snag a copy of the script. Like Mamet's work, this script is well worth the read just to savor the writer talent for making seemingly mundane dialogue speak volumes.
This is a very under-rated and under-appreciated film!
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Toney (Detroit) | 01/03/2006 | 