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Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

expe67 this movie is bad.it's boring and it's stupid.these guys walk around a mile, or so it seems from the direction,and then they decide to turn back and walk around a week to nowhere,they have no hiking and camping gear,no water,no compass,not even a packbag.they just decide to walk without knowing the area.why does matt decide to kill casey?to spare him of what?they don't seem to have come at the end of their rope yet.they are a little sunburned but nothing spectacular.OK they are tired and hungry and thirsty.but they are kids who still have strength.i don't buy this dramatic kill scene AT ALL.and then just as he kills him there is a highway about a mile ahead.and matt seems calm inside the car.the whole thing is ridiculous.it's a REALLY BAD AND BORING MOVIE.with a little push it could have been a satire movie called THE TWO IDIOTS.maybe that way it would work somehow.

framptonhollis To say that "Gerry" is merely a "slow" movie is an extreme understatement. The film is INCREDIBLY slow!!! At times, it is genuinely boring, but it also is an interesting piece of art."Gerry" tells the story of two mean named Gerry who get lost in a desert with no food or water. Originally, they were walking to a place simply referred to as "the thing", but they never reach it. Instead they walk and walk and walk and walk and walk and walk and walk and walk and walk and walk and they also briefly run and walk and walk walk (in short: there's a lot of walking), until the tragic conclusion.Technically, the film isn't JUST the two guys getting lost and walking around in silence, if it was, it probably wouldn't have watched much more than 5 minutes of it. There is, indeed, dialogue which includes some brief discussion about video games and "Jeopardy!" There's also a suspenseful sequence in which one of the Gerry's has to jump off a really high rock. But, as the film continues, and the characters get more and more lost...they do less and less. They just slowly walk-and eventually they are hopeless. They're made to last so long with no food or water that they eventually don't have the strength to even utter a simple sentence. In the end, "Gerry" is a sad film that probably captures getting lost in a desert far better and more realistically than any other film ever made."Gerry" has some legitimate power, and the ending nearly moved me to tears. It really shows how horrifying the situation is in a hypnotic manner.But I will not deny that I really wanted to doze off during a few points throughout the film. While the amount of aimless walking adds to the tragedy and realism, Gus Van Sant easily could have cut out at least 10-20 minutes of the waling footage and the film would be just as powerful and good.Because it has such a slow pace, it's extremely easy to make fun of "Gerry" and call it "pretentious". It's definitely not the type of movie your average moviegoer will be willing to sit through. I cannot come up with many people I know that will want to watch a movie because it accurately portrays getting lost in a desert. I mean, sometimes it feels boring on purpose!

eric rico Gerry - a metaphoric film of self-realization Okay - maybe I got something completely different out of this film than almost everyone else (including the critics). I believe the film is about the struggle of ONE individual (portrayed by a dichotomy of two characters in the movie). Let me try to explain my hypothesis as simple as possible......the movie is a metaphor of life facing internal struggle - a coming to terms with reality and overcoming a serious issue, finally being able to move on (for instance, addiction...death of a loved one....letting go of the thing that has been hurting you). I believe this movie shows us, ironically, two characters named Gerry for an obvious reason - it is split between the two sides of all of us. The one side that is struggling through and finding only more weakness (Affleck), and the side that represents strength, determination and the will to conquer (Damon). By the characters using the verbage in the movie - we "gerried" that up (used instead of messed up or f$*ked up) you begin to feel the Gerry is even a metaphoric name, perhaps, or the singular character that is dealing with their issue. Important note - I don't believe either Damon or Affleck represent the character who is dealing with this adversity (metaphorically represented as being lost in a wasteland with no support). They go to the desert to find a "thing" - it is never mentioned what the "thing" is, and for good reason. When you are dealing with a major problem in your life, you don't necessarily know what can save you - you just grasp at straws. The beautiful, yet barren landscape is the mind of the person dealing with this painful issue. Once alone in this metaphoric land - he can overcome only by never quitting and falling back - in essence, perishing. In one scene, Damon's character makes a dirt pillow for Affleck's character to jump down on once he becomes somehow stuck on a high rock - again a forward representation of a troubled person helping himself by showing strength and determination. A small step in the right direction....the weak may find a way into trouble, but it takes strength and sensibility in a person to get them out of it. In the end, it becomes obviously clear (assuming you believe what I am saying). By Damon choking Affleck's character - it shows us that the strength and determination of this individual will win - he will not remain lost anymore. When Damon's character is picked up by a man and his son, there is a clear metaphor of rebirth. He is being led out of the "desert" reborn again as a child (innocent). Looking back at the desert, he realizes that he is past the point in his life that has tormented him for so long...... This movie is about a lot more than two guys named "Gerry" that get lost in the desert. Bravo to Gus Van Sant, one of the most thought-provoking, cerebral and visualistic directors of our time....

Steve Pulaski Gus Van Sant's Gerry is a mesmerizing movie-experience that won't likely be liked, or even experienced, by traditional moviegoers. We don't really know or realize it, but seeing so many dominate Hollywood films and movies that boast bigger budgets and bigger agendas have made us more accepting towards the films that show/do more. Think about it; would the public rather see a story that is character/plot heavy or a one-hundred minute long film about two characters listlessly roaming a desert terrain? That is the plot of Gerry in the biggest sense; the two men are both named Gerry (played by Casey Affleck and Matt Damon), and decide to venture out to explore the mountains, get lost, and continue to wander without hydration or a means of food in an effort to find their car. This is a story that begs further explanation and a viewer-made meaning. It is part of a genre of film, I label, impressionism, meaning the film gives you a vague story, thinly-developed characters, and an ambiguous plot and almost forces you to find a meaning in its content. The ultimate goal, if there is one, is to find a meaning that works, or even try to distinguish the meaning from the director's point-of-view. Gerry was Gus Van Sant's venture into independent cinema after years of making studio features, and began his self-named "Death Trilogy." What followed was the spectacular Elephant, centering around a seemingly typical day in the life of kids at a high school that ended tragically, and Last Days, about a rocker suffering blowbacks from society and the weight of fame.One thing all of these films have in common is they appear to be loosely predicated off of a true-life event. Elephant seems to mirror the events of the Columbine High School massacre in the late nineties, Last Days is a loose adaptation of the final days of Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of Nirvana, and Gerry has been said to bear similarities to David Coughlin, a far less famous man who was killed by a friend when they were lost in the desert in 1999.The way I see it, when it comes to the "Death Trilogy," is that Van Sant is trying to provide some sort of interpretation to the largely unknown stories of the events that lead up to those three tragedies. To this day, all of those events remain largely black and white, and perhaps Gerry, Elephant, and Last Days serve as some sort of account of what Van Sant believes happened that day.As for Gerry, this can be a film that tests your patience in every possible way. Scenes are photographed with stunning clarity, the conversations are not consistent, often touching on random topics such as video games and personal frustrations, long patches of silence are not atypical, and the film's one-hundred minutes feels every bit like it. There is enough scenes of constant walking here to equate to a real-life hike; one scene reaches an upwards of five minutes, focusing in on the two's expressions as they walk the vacant desert. As time goes on, their walk becomes brisker, faster in pace before finally they stop. The scene's tension is played out nicely due to the fact that we can't see what they're walking towards, if anything, and we begin to feel their frustration explicitly through tone and focus.The film is not the easiest sit I've had in my time of watching films. At times maddeningly uneventful, and at others, tense and jolting, it's safe to label Gerry an eclectic mixed-bag of impressionistic style. Casey Affleck and Matt Damon are efficient in their open roles, and the film's beautiful landscapes are photographed through the piercingly clear vision of the cameras, making this for a delightful scenic film, especially when the hypnotic tendencies and mirages begin to set in. With Gerry, Van Sant has effectively made his most damning work.Starring: Casey Affleck and Matt Damon. Directed by: Gus Van Sant.