Both the song and the music video for the song wanna be memorable but all they will ever do is leave you more confused they never specify what exactly the sweet dreams are made of. Yes, it’s possible to envision a situation in which one would have to argue with her, in the song, throughout her entire career for that matter. But in everything we do, looking for opportunity is akin to looking for the head in a horse, and everyone is on such a search. What does one need to be looking for .One could only hope that she specifies it.
This is the one context that got me to want to see the new movie Sweet Dreams which stars the comedian Johnny Knoxville. I had hopes of there being some identity to it it definitely was not an entirely comedic feature but should it be classified as a comedy or drama. Or another aspect that raises a few drama points about basically being addicted to doing drugs. Johnny Knoxville is clevery ambitious in the manner that he does go above and beyond what most comedians achieve within their initial attempts in the entertainment industry, this is particularly visible in Jackass Forever.
So the good news is there won’t be much room for him to regress moving forward. On most occasions, Knoxville outdoes himself. There is some over the top slapstick comedy that can be associated with a teenage audience. The writer, director, Lije Sarki, gives the audience some scenes that are heartbreakingly true to addiction and some scenes that warm your heart. One comes out of Sweet Dreams feeling unsettled with the tone, messaging and goodwill that the film genuinely saddled with.
Sarki’s scrip offers voice to Morris (Knoxville), who is seen at the beginning of the day half drunk slumped on a park bench. Morris is filthy, begs a struggling lady for assistance, and smells quite bad. After several alcoholic drinks in a row, he wakes up looking for his cell phone that he wants to use in order to call his daughter. The flash forward first takes us to his mother (Beth Grant) who is reportedly taking him to a rehab facility to make him better. He starts to display symtoms of addiction such as damp skin, decreased urge to eat, some vomit, and sleeplessness.
One of the counselors is Peter (Mo’s Mohammed Amer) who manages to run the places from his house in Los Angeles. Peter worked in one of such clinics but then split off as an independent form. He also is drawn to the idea of starting a ‘second chance’ clinic, but this time it has nothing to do with making a profit. Peter’s point of view is that there is little interest in relapse in substance abuse centers because such events bring in more profits.
Sarki’s work comes across as unique because it is based on real life experiences. However, getting to know anything about this movie required a lot of legwork, as though Paramount was trying very hard to hush it. Well, it’s not that bad. However, I think the ratings in Rotten Tomatoes are too high. I mean, part of it made me depressed for the thought of if Kolya was the original and Adam Sandler was trying to remake it as Big Daddy.
Even so, there is a longing at times that I remember too well from my efforts to make a career out of working in detox centers while in college. It is quite possible that Garvey’s habit of strategically stinking up his room was a gonadal self defense developed in childhood to avoid being abused. And these are very few common people who have the moments of realization and the transformation that follows it when they win the battle with addiction.
For me, it makes more sense that the scenes where people walk away and decide never to return, unlike in relapses, were quite realistic. Further, I am reminded of a line by Mo where he speaks to Morris about success rates in resolving substance abuse issues: why do the number of members at Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, or other similar groups never seem to grow large in numbers.
These last two examples of Wilson’s psychopathy are in stark contrast to what has in most cases been a standard answer: routine attempts such as using softball in order to get activity to save the facility just seem far too clichéd and extensive. (If there is a schedule of such activities as team building ones, I will be happy to obtain them.) Subsequently the issues about breakdowns in the proper themes such as teamwork are raised, which emphasize the importance of social assistance in such a long painful fight.
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