How sad is this?

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

"Generation Um..." follows a day in the life of John and his two beautiful cohorts as they live life on the fringe, immersed in sex, drugs and indecision. As they navigate their daily routine of bars, crowds and New York City living, they embark on a path of self-discovery. I understand and even fully support the message that the film tries to send about loneliness and despair unfortunately it doesn't get portrayed on screen how you would expected it to do and despite Keanu Reeves in the main leading role the movie still somehow in the end disappoints. (3/10)

"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")

Like many I was put off watching this film as it had poor reviews. It is slow and ponderous and I can see how it must have tested many people's patience. That said, it really drew me in and I thought it was insightful and lifelike. I became terminally bored of Hollywood blockbusters a good while back now so I really welcome downbeat,understated, true life studies which is what this film is. The film within the a film device worked for me and I thought it was an effective way to create some confessional dialogue and to give insight into the principle characters. I also really enjoyed Keanu Reeves' performance, it was a brave choice of role in that the film's style is naked and unflattering. Well worth a watch and a second watch even.

We have a technical first with "Generation Um..." a ShakyCam production done using what sounds like the on-board ShakySound mics! If the script and direction were killer good, that might have made this forced cinéma vérité work. The problem is it doesn't, and I walked out of the theater feeling really cheated.For gosh sake, if you have enough money for an A-list star like Mr. Reeves, grab your shots with the benefit of at least a pro camera, stabilization, lighting and on-mic sound. If you don't have the budget for that, refinance until you can do it right! If you don't, you are ripping off audience members who paid to see what they assumed would be a professionally produced theatrical film!