January 30, 2005
The End of Innocence
Critic: Steph Lewis
On a scale of 0 to Awesome, I rate this: I'd Rather Have Lyme's Disease
Released: 1990
Director: Dyan Cannon
MPAA RATING: R
Synopsis from Rotten Tomatoes: Since childhood, Stephanie has been searching for her prince charming to give her life a meaning and her self, an identity. When she thinks she's found him, she marries him, and soon realizes that he's as patronizing as the rest by utterly disregarding her internal suffering. Stephanie suffers a nervous breakdown, and soon is committed to a rehabilitation center. There, Stephanie learns to trust herself as an avenue towards fulfillment, and, once back in the world, the only one who can stop her from growing is herself.
I didn't write my own synopsis because it's just not worth any moment of my life to write more than I have to. I didn't finish watching this; it's one of the crappiest movies I've ever seen. The only reason I started watching it is because Josh discovered that the main character's name was Stephanie Lewis. So, the intrigue of seeing "myself" on film was pretty decent. We checked it out and found out why we've never heard of it before. The director tries really hard to make it all artsy with this stupid carousel metaphor and some really crappy hand-held videography. Ick. Shut it off. Don't spend money. Vomit. Blech.