See
Jane Run (2001)
Inane, juvenile, typical and preposterous,
"See Jane Run" is one of the worst films by a young
filmmaker to be seen in a while. Sad thing is, it
is a female writer/director who is at work here, young
Sarah Thorp.
The film concerns Clea Duvall, cast
for type not for talent, as a young, obviously confused
lesbian (why else would you cast Duvall?) in L.A.
who lays about and does nothing, NOTHING! for 20 fucking
minutes until she decides she wants to be a criminal.
How original.
Duvall, as the TITular Jane is a waitress
with two ignorant typical roommates, a wannabee actress
and a wannabee writer. They both don't do anything
either. It's so drab and so unbearable that we are
almost elated to see some action take place when numb-butt
Jane decides to turn to a life of crime. Once on her
course, Jane finds that crime suits her and robs local
businesses for products, not money. She becomes the
perfect consumer, sans fundage, of course. Then she
runs amuck one day, hides in a travel agency and meets
a famous (SURPRISE) actor/director whom she kidnaps
and takes home to her asshole friends. She has them
audition for her hostage and they suck. But when Jane
tells him her story, he gets wide eyed, drools and
wants to make her life into a movie, Stupid, stupid,
stupid! Typical, typical, typical.
I suppose there is a slight chance
here that Thorp is trying to deconstruct the modernist
Tarantino pop culture afflicted cinema. I suppose
there is a chance her film is supposed to be empowering
for young, slacker females. I suppose some aged ignoramous
at a distributor somewhere will buy this film and
unleash it on the public. This is surely one of the
seven signs of the apocalypse. At least the pop fed
fuzz of the alt_rock soundtrack will make someone
somewhere some money.
God help any poor soul who sits through
this film. You will walk away scared from boredom
and stupidity. Hopefully Ms. Thorp will never be allowed
near a typewriter or a camera again. Ms. Duvall, who
seems destined for a long and rewarding career, will
surely live to regret this one.
Notes:
Also with Kevin Corrigan, Jennifer
Aspen, and Richmond Arquette.
Produced by Doug Liman of "Go" and
"Swingers" fame who went to school with Ms. Thorp
and, according to the neophyte filmmaker, simply lent
her his name so she could get funding.
