A Masterpiece!

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

"People look into the mirror everyday and f*kn lie to themselves that they are loving and caring. But we are all horrible people".If you like this quote above and can understand the humor of driving a YELLOW hummer and having a boyband ringtone on your phone, then dive straight into this funny Todd Solondz inferioritycomplex movie.I loved the fact that so many reviewers hated the lead character in this picture. Surprising? No. Todd Solondz definitely hasnt lost his ability to irritate people with simple observations of how people behave. I really didnt intend to see this flick, untill I started noticing how many reviewers really loathed the leading character in this movie. And I mean they really really loathed the guy. That arose my curiousity. Such hostility towards a character means something unique has been created by Todd Solondz, which a lot of movie goers did irritate beyond belief. As far as Todd Solondz' pictures are concerned, the more repulsion they evoke, the better...The story is about a guy who lives at his parents and basically just cant take care of himself. He is super inadequate with people, loathes himself but cant express that feeling. As a defense mechanism to deal with his own inferiority complex he starts lashing out at anyone around him who cant hit him back, like his sweet parents, magnificently played by Christopher Walken and Mia Farrow. Or like cussing at a Toys R Us service manager, who has to keep on smiling, however irritating the client might be. Toys R Us wasnt pleased to say the least and demanded the logo would be digitally erased in the movie.Dark Horse is a sarcastic, tongue in cheek funny movie about strong feelings of inferiority. Todd Solondz captured those feelings into 90 minutes of cussing at family and Toys R Us service managers.

Todd Solondz has a reputation of character studying depressing, nasty characters. But some characters, are just so nasty, is it even worth studying them to begin with? Dark Horse focuses on Abe. Abe is an utterly gross human being. Every time he was on screen, I wanted to dry heave. He's sweaty looking and painfully obnoxious. Every person he comes in contact with, he just treats like garbage. Worst of all, he thanklessly lives with his parents, whom he really hates, because they would constantly favor his successful brother over him. Solondz wants us to sympathize with this character. Good luck, folks. There isn't a shred of likability in this character. He acts like a petty bitch from the get-go. His negativity effects everyone around him. He's certainly not the victim that Solondz wants us to believe he is. It's not like he was the victim of neglect or abuse of any sort. If a dark, sad past was established, then I would whole-heartedly sympathize with what we could all agree is a broken man. Abe isn't broken. He's intentionally a scumbag. On a narrative level, it really doesn't work. Nothing really moves forward from the basis of our main character lashing out at everyone close to him, just because he's a proud man- child. I was just annoyed by it all. Probably not as annoyed, however, as Toys R' Us, demanding that the film digitally blur out their name… So I guess there's that.

Abe is in his 20s, still living at home and employed by his father. He objects to the way in which he is being held back by his family but does nothing to change his situation whilst continuing to take advantage of them. His laziness and lack of achievement is emphasised by the successes of his brother. Abe's desire to break free leads to a rushed relationship with a woman, Miranda, who complicates his life.Some amusing, comic moments and entertaining, clever lines but ultimately the story is too fragmented to be sufficiently satisfying. It is difficult to become interested in such unlikeable, unappealing, unmotivated characters.

Although I am wasting time by writing this review hopefully it will help others to not waste there time on this worthless film.A law should be passed to jail people who make such bad movies.I thought it may have been just me who didn't enjoy it until i saw the other bad reviews and was grateful that other people aren't idiotic jerks who like awful movies.I hate everything about this film.Its so "look he's fat isn't that sad".Its funny how bad this film is so in that sense its a comedy.Its sad how pathetic the story and script are so in that sense its a "dark comedy".I'm feel sorry for the people who wasted there money on making this film because all they have to show for it is a 2 hour downer. -10000000/10