Only Harmony Korine (writer of KIDS, auteur of GUMMO, JULIEN DONKEY-BOY) could weave Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe, her daughter Shirley Temple and flying nuns into a hypnotically funny and truly po

ignant tale of the instability behind fanaticism and the redemption we can hope to find in one another. The film follows a lonely Michael Jackson impersonator (Diego Luna) who is invited by a beautiful Marilyn Monroe (Samantha Morton) to a commune full of other impersonators including the Queen of England, Madonna, Sammy Davis Junior and James Dean, in the Scottish Highlands. In a parallel story line, the incomparable Werner Herzog plays a Latin American priest who learns his missionary of nuns can literally fly.

twee

godawful

truly po'

"auteur of gummo"

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haha

i dunno. looks amusing. let go of your hate.

i'm interested in this

should be good. first since going sober (crack).

i love korine. i'd kiss his krustee li'l toes.

I'm guessing he stopped smoking crack?

i will see yay!

u can view on ifc on demand for 6.99

was not anywhere close to hypnotically funny or truly poignant imo but a nice color palette, good use of music....basically this might have been good allowing harmony his basic elements of the story and having someone else capable write the script.

This was great.

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hero

So I'm inevitably going to sucker myself into seeing it this weekend, should I expect whimsical brilliance that retains both a sense of humour and sincerity, or self-indulgent tripe complete with frail attempts at off-kilter humour. Or both. (For the record I loved Gummo but detest Kids with all my heart, but apparently so does Harmony Korine, so I won't hold it to him).

Either way, I'm seeing it just to see Werner Herzog, whose voice itself deserves its own thread.

sooooo want to see this - is it on DVD yet?

I attribute all the terrible things to Kids to Larry Clark, which seems to be fair based upon all the terrible things in his other movies. whereas Korine's other movies are great.

julian donkey boy is brilliant but I'd love to see this on the big screen. This guy is so great. The Good Son, Pass the Bitch Chicken.

this fuckin guy

I attribute all the terrible things to Kids to Larry Clark, which seems to be fair based upon all the terrible things in his other movies. whereas Korine's other movies are great.

-- Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, July 10, 2008 4:29 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Link

OTM

this was so terrible.