That spirit is missing throughout most of “DalíLand” — a kind of playful illogic that fuels the best surrealism. Mary Harron’s movie about the flamboyant provocateur with a paintbrush makes Salvador Dalí dull, writes Pat Padua in Reviews.
The title suggests an amusement park, and the story promises to be a wild ride — or at least, it should be. The story is framed around a fictional, baby-faced assistant named James , who in 1974 is recruited from a New York gallery to help the aging genius prepare for a big upcoming show.
The characters should be colorful: beautiful, androgynous model Amanda Lear ; shock-rocker Alice Cooper . A needle drop of Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel’s “Make Me Smile” does, well, make you smile. But as a slice of the mid-1970s art life, it’s not terribly convincing. Alas, nobody comes off well here. Harron, whose career arguably reached its nadir with her 2013 made-for-cable movie about Anna Nicole Smith, is for the most part uninspired behind the camera, with large sections of “DalíLand” playing like a mildly risqué sitcom. Kingsley certainly looks the part, but other than that, he isn’t given much to work with. Sukowa seems to have been encouraged to overact, perhaps overcompensating for the film’s general listlessness.
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