I Heart Huckabees

I Heart Huckabees (own spelling i ♥ huckabees; occasionally I Love Huckabees ) is a comedy film made ​​in 2004 by director David O. Russell.

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When the sealing environmentalists Albert three times in a row in completely different situations encountered an eye-catching unknown, he goes to the existential detectives, Bernard and Vivian that should explain the meaning of this chance. Your belief of cosmic relationships is the same way they work, and so every aspect is monitored by Albert's life and illuminates philosophical.

Above all his working life seems to be the key to Albert's poor condition to be: He organized against the development of a swamp a coalition with the department store Huckabees, whose dashing Sales Manager Brad, however, was only interested in the revamped corporate image. After Albert discovered the betrayal, Brad put him merely as reactionary idealists and became a favorite among activists.

To completely isolate Albert from the coalition, Brad answers a sham for a screening at the existentialist detectives on. The shattered Albert is set aside then the fireman Tommy. This will leave because of his search for meaning of wife and child, while Albert is excluded from the own environmental organization. Now, Albert and Tommy see the work of the detectives as a failure and turn the French nihilist Catherine to which the meaninglessness and emptiness of the world leads her two disciples before his eyes - Catherine's affair with Albert leads to divisiveness of Albert and Tommy and lets both despair.

Bernard and Vivian now take their work with Brad seriously than he would like. Even his girlfriend, the Huckabees - Dawn face, recognizes the futility of her model profession and dresses deliberately unattractive as an expression of their desire for depth and connectedness that Brad does not give her. Also Brad is aware of the results of Bernard and Vivian his charming mask: After his promotion to vice-chief of Huckabees he collapses in front of the company's management.

Home experienced Brad another blow: Albert, who sees Brad as the origin of his evil will, instigated by Catherine to light Brad's house. It suffocates the smoke almost Dawn, who is rescued at the last second of firefighter Tommy. On a coalition event Brad learns his resignation and Dawn's decision to make her life with Tommy again. Albert and Tommy along again and discover that the truth, neither the one nor the other school is located, but rather in the successive synthesis. Indeed, it was also true that Bernard, Vivian and Catherine had worked together earlier, but one caused by personal differences private separation also introduced a (wrong ) divergence and polarization of worldviews with them.

Reviews

The lexicon of the International Films wrote: " Behind the unconventional aesthetics of a seemingly composed of nothing but contradictions dialectical comedy can be amazing openness and honesty discover. " Rüdiger search country says in the film magazine artechock, if only the performance of the actor worth a visit to the film. He describes the film as "fascinating slant ," as a " comedy of worldviews ", but also offer clear insights on consumption and Ökowahn, about the fear of man before dying and his search for love.

2004 in film Screenplay Scott Rudin Film score Jon Brion Peter Deming Jude Law Kevin Dunn Randomness World view Ideal (ethics) France Nihilism Spanking the Monkey The Fighter Silver Linings Playbook American Hustle
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