aarosedi Soderbergh stars while simultaneously wearing the directorial, authorial and cinematographical hats for this quirky absurdist comedy.The film is features interconnected story lines that involves a self-helf guru T. Azimuth Schwitters, a pest exterminator dallying with bored housewives named Elmo Oxygen, both of which strikingly resembles Soderbergh, who himself plays two different characters, an employee in a company that manages Schwitters's activities, Fletcher Munson, and a doppelganger dentist, Dr. Jeffrey Korchek, both happens to live in the same neighborhood.I got to say that he looks good without a shirt, even if he's bit on the leaner side (No kidding). Makes me wonder why he hadn't been in front of the camera often, he's a fantastic actor who embraced the goofiness and awkwardness of he characters he played (Not sucking up really). The first two acts explores the two Soderbergh personas' point of view and the third is a bit of a puzzle in which some of the scenes that were shown in the previous acts were re-done in a different vantage point. The film feels gritty without being amateurish. The performances from not-so-well-known performers are never second or third-rate. The manner the story unfolds, can be likened to a cerebral jigsaw puzzle which would reward film connoisseurs who doesn't just like their movie-watching experience a passive one. (But of course, one has to read the manual somewhere to figure out or decode what the maestro is trying to relate to the viewer.) My rating: B-plus.

Robert Brogan Schizopolis is piled with layers of amusement for the id, ego, and superego. People earn their liberal arts degrees in order to be able to watch and understand this film. Some of it is outright funny (like a man with no pants running around) or weird funny (e.g. an exterminator milkman that talks like the $10,000 Pyramid on Mars), but much of it you have got to get it to get it (not all of it, but some amount); this is, after all, satire and social commentary. So if postmodernism and the contemporary art section of your local museum is not your bag, then you are still probably in the target audience for Schizopolis, but it will likely be a miss. On the other hand, if you are a fan of the 90s era, Office Space and Short Cuts, then Schizopolis may just be your kind of movie.

mike-seaman Explaining Schizopolis seems counterintuitive. The movie is a mixture of autobiographical self- examination and self-deprecation. At the same time the film seems to be tackling some larger cultural themes and postmodern concepts of language and communication. In the end, I think the movie is a fun assortment of ideas being exercised together in a rather harmless fashion. Schizopolis never seems to take itself seriously, the movie is made on a small-budget, with a purposefully contained cast, self-aware and referential humor, taking stabs at life, narratives, movies, culture, and humanity while never entirely aiming at any single target (except perhaps the filmmaker himself). I recommend this movie not because it is a fully realized concept (because it isn't) or because it is a hidden gem that must be discovered (because it isn't) but it is refreshing to see an experimental film created playfully, aware of its self-indulgence and entirely at ease with it.

Ii_fut_in_gura_pe_stelisti IMDb mark: 4I sincerely wonder why Steven Soderbergh made this film. Could anyone really identify oneself with the deranged main character(s) from this film? Moreover, to snub people who aren't likely to enjoy this film, a guy says in the beginning something like "if you do not understand this film, it is your fault, not ours; you will have to see the film again". However, it's not the understanding I had problems with, although it is tough to figure everything out; the problem is I was yawning after 45 minutes, even though I had waken up just 5 hours before.-Humour: Well, you can spot a few comedy moments, but they are only funny in a weird, sad, twisted sort of way. Additional generic remark about the humour in said film. (!-you'll understand this sentence after you see the film-!) 6/25-Physical Comedy: It's not much better here, either. Many absurd situations arise and the consequences are absurd, too. And is that crazy guy who runs from the men in white supposed to be funny? 7/20-Plot: The plot is very twisted, too. Dr. Jeffrey Korchek, Fletcher Munson and his wife are all involved in an amorous triangle, and the other characters in the film influence their decisions and relationships. The film is divided into three parts, one for each of the three main characters. 11/15-Ending: The ending is not bad for this movie. I liked it. Of course, taste varies. 7/10-Theme: I couldn't come up with a theme for this movie, other than the well-known expression "It's a mad, mad world...". There are, probably, many possible interpretations for this artsy film. 2/10-Nudity: There is no nudity in this film. 0/8-Cast: Steven Soderbergh is the only well-known person who acts in 'Schizopolis'. 1/8-Genre: This tries to be a comedy. 3/4-->Overall: 37/100This is sort of interesting to watch once, I guess, perhaps just because it is so odd. But I seriously doubt whether one would like to watch it again. From Swordlord, 1 sword down!