Scrap Heaven.

"Sang-Il Lee's Scrap Heaven stands as something of a companion piece to David Fincher's Fight Club," notes Rob Humanick at Slant, "both works examining the effects of economic dehumanization and oppressive social constructions with a refreshingly youthful vigor, like a ribald twentysomething with everything to prove and nothing to lose in the process."

"Lee's visual jazziness and cast are compelling, but nothing can compensate for a deflated, toilet-humored script that negates its potential for sharp social satire with increasingly adolescent and superficial vilifying philosophies," writes Aaron Hillis in the Voice.

"Scrap Heaven has style to spare," allows Laura Kern in the New York Times. "Yet while stumbling between comedy, meditative drama and action, it ultimately develops an identity crisis similar to that of its loosely drawn lead characters (whose own stories are considerably enhanced by a talented cast)."

Posted by dwhudson at July 18, 2007 12:36 PM