Paterson (2016)

Who payed the critics

Purely Joyful Movie!

Best movie ever!

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

I have 45 minutes left of this fairly interesting movie and all I can think about is how or why does Paterson's girlfriend not work? It's actually really distracting. At least establish some way of her making money in order for them to afford their home, her black paint and Estaban guitar lessons.

I can't believe that I watched the entire film. This is a week in the life of a bus driver and poet that took forever to tell. Boring and very slow moving might be some words that seem to be applicable. I didn't see any acting by anyone at anytime. You can really pass on this one.

Paterson (Adam Driver) is a local bus driver in Paterson, New Jersey. The viewer witnesses a week in the life of Paterson including his domestic life with his common-law partner Laura (Golshifteh Farahani) and their dog; his work-life; and his social life in the evenings as he visits a local bar. He also expresses his creative side writing poetry.The daily routine, especially the work days, have a similar pattern but they are never repetitious. Within the daily structure, there is always something new and different happening, The various characters are intriguing as well especially a hard-done-by co-worker and various dramas (some of them comical) that take place at the bar.Most amazing is a plot twist that happens near the end. To most, such an event would be an annoyance in daily domestic life yet here, its context leaves a very strong emotional impact.The directing by Jim Jarmusch is the movie's main strength as he pays such kind attention to the daily life of people that might be considered average. Paterson is a soft-spoken introvert and Laura is very tender-hearted though sometimes in a naive way. Driver and Farahani each do a great job in bringing these characters to life. Jarmusch adds to the movie's sweet charms by emphasizing the town's beautiful old buildings and its nearby serene waterfalls.A bonus, at least for folks like me: the main character refuses to own a mobile phone as he believes life was perfectly fine in the past without them. At least in fiction, it's nice to know there's someone else who feels this way.

31 Dec 2017. If one looks back at 2017 - from top 10 grossing Hollywood movies 8 are super-heros, si-fi fantasy stuff. Amidst all that I saw a nonchalant film. "Paterson" (2016)Nothing actually happens in the movie. That is why it is a rare gem. It seems that the director Jim Jarmusch was carrying the idea of this film from last 20 years, and he was lucky it materialized.Though on the box office the movie is a disaster, it got critical acclaim on the approach and courage to venture into this stuff.The movie is about a bus driver named Paterson (Adam Driver - Star Wars fame), living in a small town of US called Paterson. He has a girl-friend Laura (extremely beautiful Golshifteh Farahani - Iranian) who is engaged in re-decorating the house interiors and also is ambitious with dreams of becoming a famous country singer and have her own pastry business. She has a dog Marvin which Paterson takes for a walk everyday evening when he goes to a bar for a drink.Paterson also has a passion for writing poetry - that slowly builds on him during the daily routine - which is quite regimental (understandably due to his timely job pressures as a bus driver)The movie is a reflection on the mundane life of a bus driver and the ups and down one encounters in daily life with different characters one interacts. The way Paterson is shown to take life as it comes, accepting everything that happens to him without much fuss is really admirable - especially when Laura's dog tears his only poetry book to shreds leaving him sad and solemn. In the end, an encounter with a Japanese tourist revives his passion to start re-writing poems.The movie is slow paced, so those of you who want, romance, action, comedy, si-fi, super-natural stuff are advised to be away. The poetry in itself is not great, but is inspiring to the sense that in mediocre life - one can be so fulfilled and at peace and happy as Paterson. The movie is a week's journey starts on a Monday and ends on on nonchalant note on another Monday.For some the direction and the proceeds of movie may seem uninspiring, but one needs to understand the mood and attempt to make something so out of the box and brave. Thanks Jim. That's why it leaves and impression.I would go with 7.5 out of 10