Winona Ryder and Joseph Fiennes investigate insurance claims for "high risk" folks who do dumb things. Supposedly the Darwin Award is for people who improve the human race by getting themselves killed.
Of course these two are going to clash and then get along. A student filmmaker is following around Fiennes telling the story. Ryder isn't afraid of some risk, whereas the lead is overly prissy and Monk like, though no where near as entertaining.
Oh the Fiennes character passes out at the site of blood. He allows a serial killer to escape at the beginning of the movie. Yeah, like I buy that. Eye roll. It's like watching CSI: Three Stooges.
Not funny enough for parody, not real enough to be dramatic. Check out Bandon for the DVD.
IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428446/
You can buy a copy of this DVD from Amazon if you REALLY want. Don't say I didn't warn you:
The Darwin Awards
Everything Lynch writes is weird, convoluted and confusing. Welcome to the inland empire. A group of actors becomes involved in a curse production from a Polish writer.
I didn't catch a lot of the sub plots, because they were subtitled. But the lead, Laura Dern, starts identifying deeply and becoming her character. She also thinks she's actually falling in love and involved with the lead. This upsets her controlling husband. I fast forwarded through a lot of the film.
Find Lynch's work compelling? Bandon is the place to check out the DVD.
IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460829/
Here's the Amazon link.
David Lynch's Inland Empire (Limited Edition Two-Disc Set)
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