What?

Okay, that was a weird, downright crazy, black comedy that I am not sure I know what was going on here.

There were the leaders of the G7 conference meeting to come up with a statement on some global conflict. The G7 included leaders of US, Canada, Germany, Japan, France, Italy and the United Kingdom.

Along the way, the group gets left isolated, which threw them all into a tizzy. Then, some strange bog bodies start to show up. There is a giant brain. Literally.

This has satirical elements to it, but just to be real, it is lost among the weirdness. I suppose there is a commentary about the weakness of world leaders and how their challenges to come together and solve problems fall behind the more important elections.

Not sure why the giant brain though.

The ensemble cast is led by Cate Blanchett, as the German Chancellor. We also have Charles Dance, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Takehiro Hira, Rolando Ravello, Denis Ménochet, Roy DuPuis and Alicia Vikander.

It did feel as if the actors were all playing this straight, which made everything feel even more off the wall.

I can see where this might not be the jam for a lot of people (the Rotten Tomatoes audience score is really low), but I found this to be strangely entertaining. It is definitely bat-shit crazy, but I did not feel insulted watching it. Not sure how to score this one. It makes me think of Beau is Afraid, which I did not give a rating (N/A, actually), but I actively disliked much of that film and this one I enjoyed the weirdness. so…..

3.5 stars

I rented this on Fandango. I remember seeing the film playing in my area, but I did not get to go to it. I am glad I watched it, but I wonder what I would have thought if I saw it in the theater as I had intended.