Spring Breakers [HD]

A highly disturbing, yet fascinating, social satire.
First off, this film is intended to be disturbing, and to create knee jerk reactions. Sometimes art wants us to examine ourselves, and often, through that process, things may hit a little too close to home. This movie is a huge commentary on the "party" scene and the absolute idiotic, reckless, behavior college age adults will put themselves into in the meaning of having fun. I have no doubt parents out there will be mortified to think their teenager is on Spring Break participating in the hedonistic lifestyle choices portrayed in the movie, or more mature older adults will think back to their own shameful mistakes of their youth, which is kind of the point. The characters are mostly one dimensional, plot is sparse, violence, nudity, drugs use, and hedonism are abundant but it's obvious all of these factors contribute to the message of the movie and Harmony Korine's comments on the the culture he is mocking. I also love that the slow paced "art" film quality of this movie is a...

what.
I watched this because I like Ashley Benson and because I saw a VICE piece on the ATL twins. What a waste of time. There's little to no character development, plot, or even acting, just a lot of slow-mo montages of coeds partying on the beach or red-lit places. There's probably less than 20 minutes total of dialogue. It's like a long Skrillex music video (seriously half the soundtrack is Skrillex singles) except I'd rather watch a Skrillex music video. I guess Franco just wanted to be K-Fed and simulate sex with some young girls and Harmony wanted to shoot some boobs. This is a satire in the way Blurred Lines is a satire: it isn't. Party movies usually have no soul but this took it to a whole new level with banal, semi-existential bits of dialogue and cheap 'trippy' editing for cocaine sequences. It wasn't fun but didn't leave you with anything.

Skipped through some of the montages, ended with a headache, didn't see any acting except Franco's accent for maybe 5...

Awful
Don't waste your time. I expected more. Had some humor and dark Tarantino style to it but overall was disappointing.

Click to Editorial Reviews