Restless

Gus van Sant

More than slightly twee story about a pair of death-obsessed teens who meet at a stranger's funeral (shades of Harold and Maude) and fall in love. She (Mia Wasikowska) is actually dying which sets a time limit on their courtship but they do manage to get in a montage of them doing all sorts of teen dating stuff in neat outfits. Oh and he has a dead Japanese kamikaze pilot as a friend and games-playing companion.

In spite of the absurdity of everything on display I found myself enjoying it...cliches and all. They hit the right buttons and I salivated on cue. Oh well...

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