Generation Um... (2013)

Keanu Reeves has starred is some terrible movies before, but none worse than this. In fact, the only good thing about this movie is that Keanu Reeves is in it. That's it.How this movie made it to release is beyond understanding. How this movies make it to DVD is beyond understanding too. What a waste of good blank DVD's.If my dog made a movie diary about it's life without Keanu starring, it would have been BY FAR a better movie.The director should be made to work on a tin-can production line for at least 5 years as punishment, and the script-writers should be imprisoned on charges of Vandalism and Assault (if not worse), and serve the sentences consecutively.Atrocious is the best word to describe this. A complete waste of talent, a complete waste of space, a complete waste of money, but above all a complete waste of time. Your time. My time. Everyone's time.If you respect yourself a little even, then steer clear of this no-movie.

"Generation Um..." is a pretentious shallow film about nothing. The pointless plot is about the lives of three uninteresting persons that live in New York: John (Keanu Reeves) is an unemployed guy and small-time thief and pimp. The Call-girl Violet (Bojana Novakovic) is a promiscuous drug addicted woman that has slept with at least two hundred men and three women. The call-girl Mia (Adelaide Clemens) is a disturbed woman that saw her father kicking the belly of her pregnancy mother that aborted a baby girl. Violet shags John and Mia and she are best friends. On the day of his birthday, John steals a video-camera and makes footage in the Central park and interviewing Violet and Mia. Then the girls go to a bachelor party. My vote is two.Title (Brazil): "Sem Destino" ("Without Destiny")

After watching Generation Um for the 4th or 5th time, I finally figured why I enjoyed this film so much - because it felt relevant.Not that I sniff cocaine or I hang out with two beautiful girls in their apartment; but relevant with their feelings of loneliness, suffering, and existential crisis (also perhaps most important for a mid 20s - being broke).It was crazy how I could be fascinated with a close-up shot of Keanu eating a cupcake, but that was exactly what Mark Mann has done.The camera work was to be praised too, all the vibrant colors of New York, even until all the odd decors in the house. Felt like I was traveling there through Keanu's camera.'Stalking' the characters for a day made me feel like wanting to know them more, their stories and struggles, how did they became who they were then. I felt like sitting in one of their conversations, not necessarily to participate, but merely to watch and be empty of worries, even just for a little while.

For some reason I was intrigued by this movie. I kept watching it thinking something would happen. Nothing happened. Halfway through it looked like something might happen. Nothing happened. I still kept watching it though, waiting for some grand revelation, or some insight, or some idea of what it was about, and I didn't get it. I waited for the plot to reveal itself or for there to be some sort of context to the story. There was none. There was no foreshadowing, there did not appear to be any conflict, there didn't appear to be a resolution at the end, either. This movie left me unfulfilled and confused. What is the point of this movie?? I have no idea. Does anyone know, and if so can you share with me what the point of this movie was?