The Joneses

David Duchovny, Demi Moore

Satire of the American consumerist lifestyle. A pretend family move into an upscale area and try to influence their neighbors and contacts to emulate them...endlessly buying, buying...useless shit no one really needs. Because they're all beautiful, charming and charismatic people follow.

This was a clever idea but fit for maybe 30-40 minutes of screen time. Everyone here did a good job with the premise but once it became clear what these people were doing it failed to hold my interest. There was no emotional connection with these characters at all. What they were doing was pretty slimy.

Still...a good idea...trapped in the requirements of the movie business.

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