Adaptation 2002

Is it a killer plant movie?? Well I would argue to, if you count alligator attacks while out looking for the elusive Ghost Orchid; or the strange green "cocaine" that makes an appearance in the last 3/4's of the movie--well then yeah. This is a convoluted movie to be sure, it's as much about movie story telling, as it is about plants. A bit like going through a fun house, where the floors are moving in all different directions. Great poster to boot.

For some reason, it reminds me a bit of the Coen Brothers film Barton Fink. I don't know whether that is because in both films Italian-American actors are playing Jewish characters or that they share a "strangeness vide" that is hard to pin down. Perhaps both? I definitely wouldn't recommend watching this while intoxicated.

Sometimes bad things happen and darkness descends --John Laroche