Melt with you8/10/2023 Blown away by the script, Lowe’s passion and enthusiasm for the character of Jonathan and the film is evident. A doctor who has compromised his ethics in favor of writing illegal prescriptions for rich clientele, the gravitas that Lowe brings to Jonathan makes this quite possibly the best performance of his career and were this a higher profile film, one that might put him into Oscar contention. Watching Lowe’s Jonathan disintegrate is nothing short of brilliant as he is consumed by shame and loss. A guy who showed initial promise with a great first novel but then petered out and couldn’t deliver on the second novel.the only real connection that he had in his life are these friends that he gets together with once a year because that was the most real time in his life. Drawing Jane to the role is the fact that Richard is “a guy who’s woken up in his 40’s and realized that half of his life has passed him by and he hasn’t achieved the things that his youth promised. Jane is a commanding presence onscreen, giving Richard a strong presence that is not only calming and supportive, but instigatory. Within these two, the inner demons fueling the outer bacchanalian behavior take the longest to visibly manifest, but when they do – Wow! Jane’s Richard is clearly the alpha male of the group, something that distresses Jeremy Piven’s conniving Ron, leading to additional friction and meltdown amongst the men. The standout performances really come from Rob Lowe and Thomas Jane as Jonathan and Richard, respectively. We’re drinking watered down tea and snorting milk sugar.”) Surprising is that prior to filming, our four principals did nothing more than have dinner, as the chemistry onscreen is powerful, so powerful, one truly believes they have been friends for life. Per Thomas Jane, “It’s all milk sugar and tea. (But never fear, there was no real alcohol or drugs consumed on camera. Not only soul baring, but the visual levels of alcohol consumption, drug use and sexual games played out on screen with no attempts to shelter the audience, is bold and daring, and potentially suicidal to a career. I have to say up front that these are very courageous roles for the actors to tackle. Fueled by the escapist primordial consumption of drugs and alcohol set to pulsating, heart pounding music, we delve into the male psyche as each man faces not only his own mortality but the age old question of “Where did my life go?” But as the film unfolds, lives begin to openly unravel as no amount of drugs, alcohol or bad behavior can continue to hide the secrets, unspoken truths and horrors of each man’s emotional life. Careers, families, an occasional hiccup perhaps, but nothing unusual. Now in their 40’s, Richard, Ron, Jonathan and Tim appear to have it all. With debauchery descending into new depths of hell, Glenn Porter’s script details the 25 th annual gathering of four best friends from college. Who was I and why am I not what I said I was going to be?”Īt first blush, the sensorally exciting and dazzling I MELT WITH YOU, appears to be the poster child for boys behaving badly. And when you become a parent yourself and then your parents die, suddenly you’re 44. Then you get to your 30’s and maybe it’s the death of a parent or something happens. When you’re 21 you think your whole life is out here. As Pellington himself says, “underneath it is that architecture. But then you look below the surface, you realize that from the opening frame, there is more here than meets the eye. Wow!! These guys make Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas look like child’s play and can even give Bacchus and Caligula a run for their money. Addiction.”, I MELT WITH YOU is a total mind ***k (pardon me for saying). Described by director Mark Pellington as “An existential horror film.
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