"What's up lovely" tells the story of an insomniac woman, wandering across New York, following strangers she meets on the road and her constant battle with herself. It is composed in surreal frames and settings and centers around dream-like experiences.
I appreciate that this film is not your average low-budget production, following a well-known scheme to gain some production value. Someone had original ideas for this one and you clearly see that throughout the movie.
At the same time, the crew tried to be a bit too artsy for my taste. I truly love artsy films, probably more than any other kind of films, but here sometimes it seems forced. While I'm sure that there's a thoroughly plan behind the story, it sometimes felt quite exchangeable and didn't seem to fully add up in the end. In my eyes, the film would have benefited from a more stringent story line.
During the beginning I also felt a bit distracted by the inner logic. The woman depicted is probably the worst stalker ever to exist, running after people, following them with 20 cm space in between and so on.. That's just one example. After some time though, it felt more like these logical issues could maybe be there to represent the inner logic of dreams so I'm not sure what to make of it.
The same goes for the whole movie. There seems to be an idea, I don't get it, I see some major critical points, but if you like artsy movies, maybe you're more lucky, other people seem to like it.
I appreciate that this film is not your average low-budget production, following a well-known scheme to gain some production value. Someone had original ideas for this one and you clearly see that throughout the movie.
At the same time, the crew tried to be a bit too artsy for my taste. I truly love artsy films, probably more than any other kind of films, but here sometimes it seems forced. While I'm sure that there's a thoroughly plan behind the story, it sometimes felt quite exchangeable and didn't seem to fully add up in the end. In my eyes, the film would have benefited from a more stringent story line.
During the beginning I also felt a bit distracted by the inner logic. The woman depicted is probably the worst stalker ever to exist, running after people, following them with 20 cm space in between and so on.. That's just one example. After some time though, it felt more like these logical issues could maybe be there to represent the inner logic of dreams so I'm not sure what to make of it.
The same goes for the whole movie. There seems to be an idea, I don't get it, I see some major critical points, but if you like artsy movies, maybe you're more lucky, other people seem to like it.
