This review is twelve years too late, for most people…but if you don’t know what this is, watch it.
It’s a brilliantly twisted if slightly overrated little piece of animation that you’ll enjoy if, like Graham Chapman, you adore bad taste.
And please, if you haven’t seen it yet, DO NOT google or wiki it first.
Just watch it. Then do your research afterwards. You know, like you should for everything you watch. Takes a bit of the fun out of something if you read a complete plot summary before deciding if it’s worth your time or not.
Grade: A-
7/8/13: Brilliant skewering of rampant consumerism. And How! Grade: A
8/25/16: Further advice: If you haven’t seen it, watch the ORIGINAL version first. THEN, if you like it (or if you’ve seen the original before and liked it), watch the recently released version with special text commentary by Hertzfeldt. In that order. At worst you’ll find most of the commentary boring, but you should find at least one inspirational quote from Hertzfeldt. Grade: A