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I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Well, that was... something. If at first you might have hope that this will be a nice surreal flick then all those hopes are dashed as the film slowly drags its feet wearing down your patience. Towards the end the main character walks around like a zombie without saying a word or giving any sign of human emotion as it all moves slowly to an ending you no longer care about.Problem is there is not enough story for even a one hour and thirty minute long film. It has got often heard clichés about the corporate world and suburbia but does nothing new or interesting with them. Whatever humor it has in the beginning it exchanges for being utterly depressive.But Visioneers biggest sin is that it's just plain boring. It's the cardinal sin of movies and the biggest source of my low score. At some point I wondered had I actually fallen asleep and what I was seeing now was just some fever dream.Overall, the premise is interesting and its what made me want to watch it, but it delivers nothing that you would expect.

Let's say I did not expect this movie to be that simple and true. And yet rich, with so many ways people can go wrong. You can even read the scenario your own way, somehow. Imagine it if it stretched endlessly instead of being forced into less than two hours. And you would see what your life could become if you don't pay attention...so true...it did surprise me, and there are unfinished moments, some moments in which the "resolution" hangs in the air, and you fill in with your own end to the moment, and then see that the movie turns another way instead...it could have been done in an even more "true" way though, especially more on the "dream" side, which seems kind of empty...even though it's there!

I have a difficulty calling "The Visioneers", a black comedy. Although satire is present, the narrative of the movie is almost immediately cold. And while the level of absurdity could be easily paired with "Brazil", the attitude of this movie is quite different and addresses subjects very aggressively. "Idiocracy" would be closer on satire scale, but "the Visioneers" just does not have enough funny moments to call it a comedy. Some parts of the movie were just tedious and annoying, and the humor felt like it was not thorough - silly if you will - which took away from the seriousness of this film and added no value to the themes. Perhaps the directors intended it that way, but viewers have to pay attention to film's theme and subjects before watching."The Visioneers" is not anywhere close to "the Hangover"-type comedy, which would draw a crowd expecting slapstick humor,(and getting bored instead.) Although they compliment it really well, I wouldn't also compare this movie to "Doctor Strangelove" or even 1984 (which is a book, people, and I read it and Brave New World, too. The one book it reminds most of is "the Giver".)

The common theme of the positive reviews that try to refute the negative reviews seems to be that the people who didn't like this movie didn't understand the film or wanted something with fart jokes.The truth is this movie is plain and simply bad. It tries to go back to clichéd themes of elusive happiness in the modern world, the rat race, corporations trying to monopolize happiness, yadda yadda yadda - and utterly fails on all counts.At the beginning of the movie I was trying to decide whether the filmmakers were making fun of "weird and profound" movies or trying to be one of them. As time wore on (the only way to describe enduring this film - it's like being worn down by awfulness) the mournful, solitary piano lines and strings floating in the background made it obvious that this was an extremely poor attempt at being profound. To the people who love it, I'm sure it seems profound - it might have to me back when I was young and naive and hadn't seen a hundred movies that have covered similar themes in a way that makes this look like it was cooked up and executed by film school dropouts.After writing that, I realize I should apologize to film school dropouts for the insult of associating them with this movie.It is billed as a black comedy but without any comedic moments that rise above an occasional and very slight "heh". If you were recovering from surgery and your doctor warned you to avoid any strenuous laughing that might damage damage your stitches, you would be perfectly safe watching this movie. As a bonus it can function as a non addictive sleep aid.Only two things kept me watching this movie initially - the presence of Judy Greer and Missi Pyle - I've liked their work in the past. I thought their presence would at least bring some redeeming quality to the movie, but in the end the movie was so bad it ended up tainting even them. Combining the utterly lifeless performance of Zach Galifianakis (I'm not talking about how he was supposed to be intentionally lifeless in his role - I'm talking about how he was lifeless at being lifeless. He was lifeless even in his spastic fits.) and the overacting of most of the supporting cast, the movie has almost no redeeming qualities. The film is poorly shot and looks like it was made on the cheap with props, sets, and vehicles borrowed from friends and relatives. Other filmmakers have been able to pull that off and add charm and flavor to their movies - on this one it just makes it feel even more amateurish.Sometimes film makers are so good they can put together weirdness, odd performances, and seemingly low quality production values in a kind of stealth approach and then, with their above average skill set, they bring it all together in a way that surprises the viewer. They use non conventional methods to catch you off guard and then really deliver something unique and entertaining.I struggled through this movie hoping that there was a moment of redemption when the plodding storyline, the bad acting, and the poor look and feel of the movie crystallized into something where it all was all revealed to be intentional by the filmmakers. Unfortunately there was no such master plan - the movie is not plodding, weird, and cheap looking because the filmmakers are highly skilled in the art - it is that way because they aren't any good at it.