IMDb plot summary: A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.
Directed by Jim Jarmusch. Stars John Lurie, Eszter Balint, and Richard Edson.
Stranger Than Paradise follows a hip immigrant New Yorker, his visiting cousin from Hungary, and his equally detached friend as they travel from New York to Cleveland to Florida. And oh my gosh, this is so boring. The film is clearly aiming for a sort of Americanized French New Wave sensibility with static shots, minimalist storytelling, ironic detachment, and I haven't enjoyed that in other OG New Wave films either. These characters just wander around with no goal, no urgency, and nothing to draw me to them, and the movie seems content to let them meander indefinitely. I truly couldn't tell you what the point is or what it's trying to say. If it had a point, I couldn't see it. I know that many people find this kind of deadpan minimalism profound or charming, but it's very much not for me.
How it entered my Flickchart:
🎥 Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
📊 Ranked #3301/4145 on my Flickchart
🎯 Flickscore™: 20
lost to Happythankyoumoreplease (held at #2071)
lost to The Dinner Game (held at #3107)
beat Little Italy (#3625 → #3626)
beat Teacher's Pet (#3366 → #3367)
lost to One 2 Ka 4 (held at #3236)
beat Big Fat Liar (#3301 → #3302)
lost to Barry (held at #3268)
lost to Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square (held at #3284)
lost to Funny Face (held at #3292)
lost to Madeline (held at #3296)
lost to Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (held at #3298)
lost to My Friend Irma (held at #3299)
lost to Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (held at #3300)
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