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Review: Invisible Girlfriend

Surreal

By BRETT MICHEL | April 15, 2009

3.0 Stars

Does this documentary from David Redmon and Ashley Sabin exploit its subject? You'll be tempted to say yes after being introduced to bi-polar paranoid schizophrenic Charles and the uneducated, crazy, and/or odd folks he meets along his 400-mile bicycle trek to New Orleans to rendezvous with his "invisible girlfriend," who's either Joan of Arc (or a statue of her) or a Big Easy bartender named Dee-Dee (whom he may be stalking) — or perhaps both. Among the highlights of this Southern geek show: a toothless old coot who reminisces about the movie with "the gingerbread man and a tin man and Mildrew." "You mean Dorothy?" asks Charles. "Dorothy?! That bitch! Boy, she makes me mad." But whether the directors are exploiting Charles are not, the end of his quest couldn't be more surreal if they'd planned it.

SOMERVILLE THEATRE: APRIL 23 at 7:45 PM + APRIL 24 at 12:30 PM | WITH DIRECTORS ASHLEY SABIN AND DAVID REDMON AT BOTH SCREENINGS

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Re: Review: Invisible Girlfriend

Brett Michel - reviewer of Invisible Girlfriend - you are an idiot, a freaking condescending, northeastern prick. How dare you assume the people in Invisible Girlfriend are "uneducated." Furthermore, why on earth would you call them a "geek show!" Your article reveals more about you, what you bring to the film, and your arrogance than an actual intellectual or thoughtful review of the film. Finally, your elementary poke and jab at the "exploitation" of the subject is about as banal as questioning whether documentaries are real. Maybe one day you'll leave your northeastern bubble and experience real people who shed experienced life with others. The characters in Invisible Girlfriend come to reveal something more about death and decay. Get off your soapbox, Brett.

By Souther Idiot on 04/18/2009 at 11:06:09

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