For 27-year-old Ben (Josh Lawson), life couldn’t be better. A well paid job, friends, parties, girls and nothing to tie him down. But when he is invited back to his old school to join several other ex-students including Alex (Rachael Taylor) and Jim (Ed Kavalee) in talking about their personal achievements, something goes wrong. Ben is the only speaker not to be asked a question by the school kids. This triggers a year of soulsearching and looking for answers in all the wrong places.
From his best friend Andy (Christian Clark) whose solution is that they both take another holiday, to his mentor Sam (Lachy Hulme) who loans him a sports car in the belief that there’s nothing like excessive speed to resolve emotional turmoil. Not even Ben’s father (Rob Carlton) or friends Nick (Daniel Henshall) and Em (Felicity Ward) can offer much in the way of meaningful guidance.
Of course, it’s not easy seeking enlightenment in nightclubs, or on the ski fields of New Zealand, and when you start dating a Russian tennis star things can get really complicated. As the poster boy for a generation desperate to tick every box, Ben begins to suspect that the meaning of life may well reside in the things he's already doing - and a girl he used to know.
carnival总会自带一种独特的气质，而30s的更是如此，那是属于它的时代——嘈杂纷乱却又如漩涡般让人难以挪开视线。而整部影片从各种心理博弈到old days的“淡入淡出”方式都极其贴合那种气氛。
You don't fool people. They fool themselves.
7分吧，服化道摄都很美，后半部分很好看，喜欢结尾。
是长了点（前半段注意力很分散我...）但后半段渐入佳境 陀螺的视听风格演绎心理周旋很抓人 （感到Mara似乎被定型在某种character里...
就是照着原版翻拍了一下 没什么太大新意 但道具做得还不错 开头嘉年华的机关有点惊艳 整体来讲演员不如原版有魅力 Cooper在我这里是真的毫无吸引力= =
陀螺讲故事太没说服力了，美术也就勉勉强强。人物跑来跑去跑不出片场，肉眼可见的省钱，卡司阵容浪费观众一片赤诚。陀螺别谋害剧本了你还是专心去画画吧～
没抱预期，没想到能看进去。剧本老一套，完全由叙述语气撑起的电影。
前后呼应还是可以的 男主最终成为了他口中没有soul的geek 但是凯特那个Doctor角色的行为动机真的有点不清晰 还有说的很厉害的那个2号客人那段剧情很虎头蛇尾 把自己的女友叫来装鬼魂 一秒破功是什么鬼？而且这样的大老板竟然被男主这个骗子在自己的地盘赤手空拳打死？头号手下被他用车撞死？总觉得过于敷衍
可以想象原版应该是部很酷的黑色电影，新版2个半小时真的又臭又长，高潮部分几乎一笔带过，显得莫名其妙，陀螺这回栽了大跟头。
终究是变成了怪人。
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挺喜欢马戏团的部分，有一种绵密的质感。两年后就变成狗血地摊文学了（精神分析？不过是“角色背景”这种最廉价的东西罢了)！不过还是很喜欢一些声音设计，比如手表的嘀嗒声，玻璃杯的嗡嗡作响等等。
2.5/5 比较喜欢前半Carnival的部分 虽然拖拉了 但至少发挥了陀螺的风格 后半部分叙事乏味 演员之间又毫无火花😪
众多人物的设置，相互背景和新旧关系，引发一连串的戏剧冲突，具有挺自然和流畅的交互。满腹经纶满嘴仁义道德的老板，最终依然长袖善舞化险为夷，成为笑到最后的那个大大大赢家。最有可能倒逼资本的那几个，最终也耍尽阴谋成了花样赢家。而我们以为处处都掌握一手好棋子的被解雇会计师，则是唯一的一个输家。反套路之下，道尽魔幻。四个字——因吹斯汀。
心中总有缺口
任性到很多时候都可以把叙事扔在一边
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结局真是讽刺啊。。兜兜转转回到原点了
苦力成长为小骗子，小骗子变成大骗子，结局是大骗子让骗子给骗了。人心不足蛇吞象，本来在任何一个阶段止步都可以得善终……
陀螺你奥特啦！但你还是魔法小王子。（原来是翻拍片为啥要翻拍上个时代的黑色电影？？）
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