The film, as you can expect if you've been familiar with Korine prior to this, is bare-bones and the direction lies within the tribulations and details of the characters. Surely broader than a handful of independent theaters that were gracious enough to run the film. This is a picture that, despite its notable issues, at least deserves to be seen by a broader audience. It's a devastating feature when your film, which took years to make and finance, only goes on to gross middling numbers. He was also unable to get respectable funding for the picture, further delaying the project, and when the money was finally obtained (a heavy $8 million for Korine's standards), it wasn't even remotely covered, grossing roughly $300,000 upon release. The gap between the release of Julien Donkey-Boy and this film was eight years, due to Korine's drug addiction and loss of interest and enthusiasm for cinema as a whole.
The story of how Korine struggled to make this film is a bit more interesting than the film itself. As maddening as Mister Lonely is, it's also worth a look and some much-needed examination. It's a film with a more visible message, but one that tests patience, which is a talent Korine can employ very often in his work. This film is, as expected, something different. I consider myself a pretty sizable fan of his material, loving his daring debut Gummo and his terrific sophomore effort with Julien Donkey-Boy, which took on a Dogme 95 personality.
Harmony Korine's Mister Lonely is a worthwhile picture in many ways, but it's also a frustrating one, which is something that could be said by critics of his work as well. Reviewed by StevePulaski 7 / 10 As melodic as it is tedious
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