Good concept, poorly executed.

best movie i've ever seen.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

I found this film through Juno Temple who has almost always picked good roles in my opinion. Upon seeing that this shared a director with Mysterious Skin (2004) I was even more excited to watch this. In the end I was pretty disappointed in the film though it had its moments.From the outset the film has somewhat of a dreamlike feel to it with all of the colors saturated to a point fitting of a fantasy sequence. The story is equally strange and seems to exist slightly outside of what is real. I felt that the film jumping around seemed to add to this (as well as descriptive names such as London speaking with a British accent and the few instances of supernatural abilities.) While it certainly wasn't totally incoherent it would jump from drama and the main character trying to find answers to a totally random sex scene that seems to come from nowhere and does nothing to advance the story.By far the most disappointing and bizarre piece of the film is the ending. It makes an attempt at tying all of the different stories together but in doing so directly contradicts at least one character's story. It comes off so intensely far-fetched that I wondered if maybe the movie all along is about a schizophrenic individual just imagining his reality.All in all it was pretty boring to watch with only a few dramatic, funny or visually interesting moments. I thought the sex scenes were okay and the mysterious parts were pretty good. It was just the erratic storyline and wacky ending that really ruined it for me.

Smith's everyday life in the dorm -- hanging out with his arty, sarcastic best friend Stella, hooking up with a beautiful free spirit named London, lusting for his gorgeous but dim surfer roommate Thor -- all gets turned upside-down after one fateful, terrifying night.I watched this because it had James Duval, although his role is very small (he plays a pro-legalization Rastafarian). But it is also a Gregg Araki film ,so it was worth watching just for that.Araki made some of the great nihilistic films of the 1990s, including "Doom Generation" and "Nowhere". They may not be critical successes and may be a bit tarnished in retrospect, but they influenced me as a 90s teenager. With this film, it seems I have grown up but Araki has not.He is still focused on the sexuality of young people, particularly the line between homosexuality and heterosexuality... a line he likes to blur. This is very much a return to the sexual politics of "Doom Generation", though without the nihilism. Still the weirdness, without the despair. Worth a peek but hardly a winner.

This is the second Gregg Araki film that I've tried to watch, and I hated it even more than the first (Doom Generation). For his fans, I'm sure this is going to be a positive experience, but I think that I will never, ever be a Gregg Araki fan.Most of this film is pointless sex scenes, sarcastic dialogue that desperately wants to be witty (and ends up trying way too hard), lecturing the audience, and gleefully indulging in independent film clichés. Perhaps the absolute worst part is the absolute pandering he does to disaffected teenagers.It's time for Araki to get a new schtick. I didn't like his style the first time I came into contact with it, and I figured maybe it was time to give him another chance. It's been 15 years since The Doom Generation, and he's still going on about the same crap. It makes me happy that I skipped everything between them.

I have not been a big fan of Gregg Araki's films in the past but "Kaboom" is easily my favorite and it is his funniest.Obviously this is not a film for everyone. It is kind of a cross between "Scott Pilgrim versus the World" and "Donnie Darko" but "Kaboom" places more emphasis on comedy than narrative. From reading the other reviews on IMDb, a lot of people did not get the jokes. I was laughing throughout the entire movie. If you are offended by sexual content, this movie is not for you.This is one of the best ensemble casts I've seen in a while. Most of them are new to me. I predict Juno Temple is on her way to becoming a star.While "Kaboom" is definitely not for everyone, if you are willing to take a chance on an end-of-the-world sex comedy, you should give it a try.