{"id":21720,"date":"2016-08-03T19:30:45","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T23:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=21720"},"modified":"2016-08-13T04:45:12","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T08:45:12","slug":"there-is-a-new-world-somewhere-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/03\/there-is-a-new-world-somewhere-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"There Is a New World Somewhere (2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TIANWS\"<\/a>Li Lu\u2019s drama \u201cThere Is a New World Somewhere\u201d is another one of those dramas about thirty somethings looking for directions in life. It\u2019s in the tradition of movies like \u201cGarden State\u201d and Greta Gerwig movies, while director Lu really tries to invent her own \u201cFive Easy Pieces.\u201d The problem is \u201cThere Is a New World Somewhere\u201d doesn\u2019t present enough of a dilemma for our protagonist Sylvia to begin hitting the open road and looking for some sort of purpose. We settle in with her for all of fifteen minutes before we\u2019re told how restless she is, and then takes off with character Esteban who she meets at a party one night.<\/p>\n

Agnes Brucker is a very strong actress with a unique energy and charisma that has never really been wisely utilized by other directors, and it\u2019s a shame. She\u2019s very good in \u201cThere Is a New World Somewhere\u201d and literally carries what is only a mediocre road trip film about two people trying to find themselves. I think. Or maybe they\u2019re trying to find the meaning of life. Or a purpose? I never did catch on. Either way, Bruckner is the highlight as Sylvia a struggling artist anxious to launch an opening at the gallery she works in to showcase her art. When she\u2019s turned down, she begins questioning her life and is called to party with some long lost friends, many of whom are on the verge of being married.<\/p>\n

After forming a connection with party goer Esteban, Sylvia skips town with him and begins traveling around the country. Along the way, the pair have a passionate affair and wander around from landmark to landmark discussing the meaning of life, their passion for certain parts of life, and how unfulfilled they feel. Li Lu has a wonderful directorial style providing some great wide shots and beautiful dream like moments and montages where Sylvia and Esteban linger in various spots and different cities trying to savor life. I just wish \u201cThere Is a New World Somewhere\u201d had a much more solid narrative and a lot more character depth.<\/p>\n

When Sylvia skips town on her friends to take a trip with a stranger, it feels like half baked motivation to set the plot in motion. When the pair of character do manage to get in to various escapades, it\u2019s never all that interesting. That said, Lu\u2019s direction is vibrant, while star Bruckner is a very good actress who shines in an otherwise middling drama.<\/p>\n

Now on VOD, IVOD, and is in Limited Theatrical Release until August 31st<\/sup>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Li Lu\u2019s drama \u201cThere Is a New World Somewhere\u201d is another one of those dramas about thirty somethings looking for directions in life. It\u2019s in the tradition of movies like \u201cGarden State\u201d and Greta Gerwig movies, while director Lu really tries to invent her own \u201cFive Easy Pieces.\u201d The problem is \u201cThere Is a New […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[111,225,302,851,874,1020],"class_list":["post-21720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-arthouse","tag-coming-of-age","tag-drama","tag-road-trip","tag-romance","tag-t"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21720"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21869,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21720\/revisions\/21869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}