Deceptively simple

I suspect this will be one that film students will be poring over decades from now. 'Gerry' doesn't really sound like much of a film - two guys wander around lost in a desert - but there is much more going on than the action. What that is though, is not made immediately clear.

It could be about our alienation from our environment, the inability of men to communicate, or maybe how men communicate on a much deeper level - who knows? All I can say is that 'Gerry' is funny, beautiful, amazingly realistic, disturbing and incredibly sloooow.

This is not one for those who like their films to move along at a blinding pace. Weirdly enough, the film and its sparse, though wonderfully improvised dialogue, reminded me a great deal of reality 'Big Brother' type shows. It is an examination of how people react under pressure and the reality isn't always as action-packed as other films might make us think. What all the long shots of walking achieve is to put us right in the shoes of the two characters in a way that is rarely done in cinema.

If you're of the patient type who enjoys good cinematography, give it a go, otherwise wait until the next Vin Diesel film comes out.