BEESWAX (2009) ¢ 1/2
D: Andrew Bujalski
Tilly Hatcher, Maggie Hatcher, Alex Karpovsky,
Katy O'Connor, David Zellner, Kyle Henry
A boring, low-budget, slice-of-life movie about twin sisters (played by twin sisters) and the personal issues they confront (or don't) over a few days in and around Austin, Texas. Jeannie (Tilly Hatcher) rides around in a wheelchair and runs a clothing boutique. Lauren (Maggie Hatcher) is unemployed and haphazardly looking for work. Both are uncomfortably needy, but that's something that applies to just about everybody in this film. So they talk. A lot. And talk. And talk. It's not that Bujalski and the actors don't succeed in making the characters real. They just don't succeed in making them very interesting. It ends without resolving anything, either, but that's okay. By then, you're just glad it's finally over.
