Sample People (2000)
1/10
Makes you want to slap Kylie
3 July 2022
Its actually hard to explain why this is so bad, not because its hard to find faults, more because there are so many.

This tries to come off like a mix between Trainspotting and Human Traffic. Its supposed to be about different groups of "kids" who are all well into their 20s on a weekend, or possibly even one evening. The problem is that you don't care about anyone due to the bad writing. Nor does any of the so called "edgy" behaviour make any sense at any point. The tone of the film is incomprehensible. Is some of it supposed to be funny? Does it have a message? Is it a drama? Nobody knows and if you make it to the end you won't know either.

Apparently this is supposed to be about clubbers, but the music is terrible. You can't even identify what type of music its supposed to so its very unlikely any of the music was actually produced by dance music producers. It sounds like demo music from a cheap synth of groovebox but not from a reputable manufacturer.

To me it looks as if the director was trying to make an Araki movie, but fell well short. Its very surprising to see a couple of well known Australian actors in this. Why did they agree to be part of this? Kylie is billed as the main character, which is the obvious carrot to lure you in, but she is in fact a minor player. Was she top billed just because she is the biggest name? Then shame on her and the producers.

This makes Housos look like the Godfather. Not just in terms of production but also the acting on show. Takes a real skill to make household names look this bad.

Its on Amazon Prime, for free obviously but just remember, your time is precious.
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