THE ENCHANTED (1982) 1/2* People with this little creativity and talent should simply never be allowed anywhere near a camera. It's egalitarianism gone wrong. There's no plot, no interesting characters, no decent acting, and no twists or effects. Basically nothing happens the entire time...except that you become increasingly aware that they're eventually going to try to spring something exciting at the very end, way too late anyway, and it will be dull. It doesn't fill you with a sense of nausea, as the worst movies do, and so there's a temptation to try to say something nice: northern Florida looks good, maybe, or Julius Harris has a voice that would be good narrating something else. It's difficult to shoot Florida much worse, and any subject matter appropriate for Harris' voice would probably be depressing anyway. I understand that they had a low budget, but I at least saw a twelve-pack of Schlitz and a basset hound. Why didn't they just film themselves getting drunk and playing with the basset hound? Quite arguably the most dreary film ever.
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