The New Age

Story is different , actors are excellent.Not your mainstream story.

Who would have thought that a social comedy rooted in the early 90's LA recession (before the tech bubble, before the mortgage-backed-securities bubble, etc.) could still be so vital? 2008 rebooted this movie to the top of the class, where I think it remains. Judy Davis and Peter Weller create fabulous friction (as they also did in Cronenberg's "Naked Lunch"), but, in this case, without the surrealism. What has probably been lost to the plutocracy Peter and Catherine casually aspire to is any interest in an alternative - where are the Rachel Rosenthals (bless her heart) of today? First time you see it, the mystics and sensualists and eurotrash may seem marginal; they are not. Fear and failure and loss are the wages of misplaced confidence, unearned success and too much shopping - the warnings come early and often. While they sink, the principals skirt death, and end up where they were always meant to be - that's true comic hell.

'The New Age' gives us starlight and volcanoes coming together as Katherine Witner (Judy Davis) and the epitome of hip, cool and jazz style in Peter Witner (Peter Weller), an upscale couple quickly finding themselves on a downwardly mobile fast track. Adding to the melee is their imminent breakup. This film is like a museum quality painting or sculpture. (It's criminal it isn't available on dvd.)

This is a timeless classic. I saw it years ago, and wanted to see how it fit in today's culture. It is relevant and prophetic! This is a movie I'll go back to again and again.

Paula Marshall, Paula Marshall, Paula Marshall. I bought this movie for one reason and one reason only - the living goddess Paula Marshall. And I was not disappointed.

Can't give more starts because this is one of the dumbest movies I've ever watched but there is one line that changed my life (5 stars for that) and another scene that gives 'food for thought'. It's worth watching for those treasures only. Not for kids.

Artistic direction, hilarious motifs, very dark and dry humor with a tingling soundtrack....one two three four five six seven. Why did I count? Live with the question.

Very good Dramedy about the New Age movement of the mid Nineties. Weller is very sexy and reminds me of Thomas Jane a bit. I'm glad that it is finally out on DVD.