In this scathing and subversive social comedy, life in post riot Los Angeles is dissected under the sardonic eye of John Boyz, an unemployed thirty nothing flounderer on Venice Beach who is trying to figure out what to do with his life. John can't be bothered with apathy, but no matter how much he wants to help people, he is too immobilized to do anything useful. Haunted by chronic insomnia and impending sense of doom, all he can do is watch, and John is an avid observer. Thr... (Full plot summary below)
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In this scathing and subversive social comedy, life in post riot Los Angeles is dissected under the sardonic eye of John Boyz, an unemployed thirty nothing flounderer on Venice Beach who is trying to figure out what to do with his life. John can't be bothered with apathy, but no matter how much he wants to help people, he is too immobilized to do anything useful. Haunted by chronic insomnia and impending sense of doom, all he can do is watch, and John is an avid observer. Through his voyeuristic binoculars, he struggles to make sense of all the alienation and disaffection he sees in his neighborhood. In his journal he meticulously chronicles the mundane down to steadfast march of ants across his kitchen counter. John is desperately trying to keep one meaningless day from blending into next. He compulsively watches homemade videos of LA riots looking for a clue. But everywhere around him the city's social fabric is coming apart at the seams, and now it is John Boys's own threadbare life that's about to unravel.
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| rec.arts.movies.reviewsScott RenshawFor those who enjoy their comedy with an edge and don't mind the occasional preaching, there's a real winner to be found in Floundering. |
| eFilmCritic.comScott WeinbergOne of those "chatty slacker" flicks that actually delivers some interesting characters and worthwhile conversations. |
| San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackThe movie gets a lot of mileage out of a seemingly simple concept. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThis first feature by independent producer Peter McCarthy is fairly lightweight, but the cast and low-rent production credits have a certain charm. |
| San Francisco ExaminerScott RosenbergFloundering has floundered so thoroughly by the time of this catharsis that it, like everything else in the film, falls flat. |
| User ReviewBrian PJust one of those movies I can relate to, maybe a little too much. |
| User ReviewTre Bluey OUnconventional and offbeat - spend two hours and be entertained. |
| User ReviewJohn GOne of the best movies because my life right now resembles the movie in retrosect |
| User ReviewQuinn HI watched this again. It's old but still tells me something. |
| User ReviewPrivate Uscary, disturbing, sooo cool. damn cool performance by (very young) ethan hawke! |
