Life Among the Cannibals

This low budget independent film attempts what could be a meaningful satirical commentary on the blithely accepted brutality of modern American consumer culture. Instead, we're treated to a hackneyed and insincere exercise in drab self-consciousness. Kieran Mulroney's transformation feels false and mechanical as he smirks his way through the dry and predictable storyline. Juliet Landau, otherwise memorable for her roles in "Ed Wood" and "Buffy", bluffs her way through a shockingly lackluster performance here. All in all a disappointment.