I want to have friends... and beautiful women, TV, booze and drugs, lots of drugs! “I can explain everything by 80%!”
The plot of this film is very simple and clear:
Two clowns lose their jobs on television after one of them (Steve Buscemi) gets tired of constantly shouting "Bananas!" and decides he'll be shouting "Balloons!" In addition, his wife unexpectedly comes to his home and finds his mistress at his house.
One priest decides to give up his business and goes to sit in a strip bar, two other priests follow him on the trail to return him to the way of God.
The father (his job is somehow related to bail) is trying to “befriend” his son.
In the film there are several other storylines (I did not understand all of them), which eventually converge into one.
“I once heard funny thoughts in my head. I can't hear them now.
At some point, the mood of the film changes: it goes from comedy to tragedy. A young boy needs a kidney for a transplant, and the main problem is that he has a rare blood type, and the only way out for him is a kidney transplant from an addict (Peter Stormare). Around the same time, this addict escapes from the hospital.
And all the characters start chasing him.
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Alexander Rockwell is known first of all (and most generally unknown) as the author of the “second part” of the comedy “Four Rooms”. His work in that film caused conflicting emotions and was not evaluated quite unequivocally.
This picture is even more complicated. The main drawback of the picture I consider amateur manner of shooting, i.e. low quality of camera work. However, more shortcomings to name my language will not turn.
And the positive aspects of the film can be distinguished: firstly, a good interesting script that allows the actors involved in the film to fully reveal themselves, and, secondly, of course, brilliant acting work.
The Bananas clown, played by Steve Buscemi, does not cause laughter, but tears. David Pruval played in Rockwell’s “Four Rooms” and here coped with his role perfectly, but the main decoration of the film is certainly the inimitable Peter Stormare, playing the same drug addict with a rare blood type. I can't say that I'm "dumped." Peter looks more impressive than the "dumped" Johnny and Benicio, but certainly not losing.
Personally, I liked the scenes with Bushemi and Stormare, but this is my personal taste.
In any case, if you try to fully describe this film, you will get complete nonsense. To understand this film, you have to watch it. Not everyone will like it, although the film is diverse, and everyone can find something for themselves in it.