1972 Bunuel comedyRating: 16/20 (Jen: 13/20)
Plot: Six snooty friends try unsuccessfully to have dinner together.
This isn't a hilarious comedy. It's sort of a comedy for people who think the typical Frasier episode is way too wild. It's more funny on an intellectual level, probably funnier for Bunuel himself than anybody else. Well, not anymore since Bunuel is dead. The surreal elements are subdued; there's nothing too goofy here, but characters wander in and out of dreams. I think some of them might even have dreams within other characters' dreams. Puzzling stuff, definitely puzzling enough to frustrate probably anybody who watches this. I really enjoy scratching my head though.
A very strange movie, but I kind of enjoyed it. I like how every group meal gets screwed up (from dead owners to attack by troups). The dream sequence with dead people was very cool, and the priest offing that guy was very subversive. I liked it. I don't understand it, but I liked it. A 14.
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