24 Exposures

24 Exposures comes across like a clever idea that never got past the concept stage. It might have been fun for him to make, but it's definitely a chore to sit through.

Some half-baked ideas about representation versus reality emerge in the lax improvised dialogue.

Is Swanberg pre-empting complaints about his methods by making a film about an artist who is, if not a killer, then at least creepy and unreflective? Maybe, maybe not. But the question will only interest people who follow Swanberg's career.

This is Joe Swanberg's De Palma movie, simultaneously laying bare and indulging in his obsessions.