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Such a frustrating disappointment

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

"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.

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

"Sweetie, we've written you off as a failure years ago." Abe (Gelber) is a toy collector and a slacker. In his 30's and still living at home with his parents and working for his father (Walken) he is not always happy. He meets Miranda (Blair) at a party and instantly falls in love. He asks her out once then proposes marriage. When a series of events begins Abe's life takes a strange turn. Having never seen a movie by Solondz before I was expecting this to be a comedy. I couldn't have been more wrong. The movie is OK but it's pretty depressing and Gelber does a really good job in this you really feel for his character. Selma Blair also does a pretty good job and they was she plays you are as confused about her as Abe is, which is probably the point. The acting really drives and helps the movie but to me the movie is just to slow moving to make it a high recommend. If you like Solondz movies then you will like this I'm guessing. To me it was OK but hard to get into. Overall, not bad but slow moving and I did get bored a little, up until the end. Which I was not expecting. I give it a C+.