Mulholland Drive

Mulholland Drive

Rated: R
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Herring

Did you like Memento? We'll see if i ever get around to reviewing that one! If you liked Memento, you will probably like Mulholland Drive. My wife and I love Mad Men, so the appearance of "Jimmy" from that show threw us way off - especially if you know the scene!

Anyway, Mulholland Drive never loses its sense of suspense. I say it that way because, while intense, I do not think I can use the word the way we normally bandy it around in talking about movies! The movements are difficult, and we find out why at the end: it is because Naomi Watts sees Dead People... kidding. By the way, I came into that movie about 10 minutes late - it makes it better. Mulholland Drive is violent, very sexual in about 3 scenes (but, like any good director or story-teller, Lynch takes sex down a notch during the film), difficult to watch if you are good at predicting (I think... Alas, I am not good). But, it is enjoyable, it is a thrilling movie, but I wouldn't say a thriller. It is certainly not a feel good movie, but it is very fun to see the range of Naomi Watts - especially after King Kong.

I recommend it. I think I would give it 4 stars (out of 5). I think I would encourage watching it in two sittings (like Rachel and I did), simply because of the power of each scene. Towards the end Naomi Watts and Laura Herring go to a theater late at night, and it displays where David Lynch is amazing. Music, but with no musicians, singers who pass out (or die), emotion pulsing throughout the room, and still no seeming connection with the rest of the film.