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Powder
(1995)
 
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Directed
by:
Victor Salva |
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COUNTRY
USA |
GENRE
Drama/Fantasy/
Science Fiction |
NORWEGIAN
TITLE
Powder |
RUNNING
TIME
111 minutes |
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Produced
by:
Roger Birnbaum
Daniel Grodnik |
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Written by:
Victor Salva |
Review
The writer/director is called Victor Salva, who would go on to make the
unimpressive horror flick
Jeepers Creepers a few years after
this film. In Powder he shows clear signs of creativity and
inquisitiveness, even if many of the scenes he chooses are banal and
simplified. Had they been more intrinsic, Powder could have had real value as both a sociological and psychological study. Instead,
it remains a half-cooked suggestion of what could have been. What starts out as an insight into the unknown, with close to
endless potential, eventually turns into spiritual masturbation in
the film's least considerate segments, as the title character discovers
his infinite goodness in a world of malice. Sean Patrick Flanery is far
too old for the part, but still the most apt of the players in front of
the camera.
The performances by the more renowned actors are uneven at best. As the
psychologist, Mary Steenburgen is so sensitive that she's hardly able to
speak, and as the fascinated teacher, Jeff Goldblum is charismatic but
too full of himself.
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