Is it possible to admire a movies ambition without really buying its execution?
Of course, it is.
It happens all the time.
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Take the Sundance buzz-magnet thats hitting theaters this week.
But its also a hot, strange mess that never quite comes together the way it should.
After lord knows how long on his own, the prospect of someoneanyoneto talk to gives him renewed hope.
After all, misery loves company.
The only problem is, the man sprawled out in the lapping surf is dead.
He names him Manny, and hes played by a pasty, waterlogged Daniel Radcliffe.
He also turns him into his own personal all-utility Swiss Army survival tool.
And he uses Mannys postmortem erections as a field compass in the jungle.
