Director: Gus Van Sant
For all its flaws, My Own Private Idaho is clearly made by a talented and inventive filmmaker. A loose adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry IV set in the Pacific Northwest (and concerning male prostitutes), Idaho... contains scenes bursting with creative life, and scenes that seem to drag on endlessly. Among all the virtuosity, it's hard to get a grip on our main characters until the end of the film. I'd like to label this sort of movie a 'things happen' movie - because that's what happens in this movie. We go from place to place without much investment in our characters. I feel like if one or two scenes were trimmed, and one or two scenes added, this could have been a great film.
On the plus side, I've never seen a less wooden performance out of Keanu Reeves - he actually looks like an actor in this film.
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