Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Storytelling
2001
****
Director: Todd Solondz
Cast: Selma Blair, Robert Wisdom, Paul Giamatti, Mark Webber, John Goodman

The line between real life and storytelling blurs in this episodic film. In the first story a student is inspired by an affair with her creative writing teacher. In the second episode a filmmaker's documentary about an average high school student has a twist ending. With pros and cons a typical Todd Solondz film. Once again he manages to make us care for his difficult and even unpleasant characters and offer us some wonderfully dark humour. However, at times his cynicism and negativity can be hard to stomach.