Generation Um...


Generation Um... is a 2012 independent drama film about "a New York City family of circumstance" written and directed by Mark L Mann, and starring Keanu Reeves, Adelaide Clemens and Bojana Novakovic. The film was released theatrically in New York City and Los Angeles on May 3, 2013, moving quickly to VOD and DVD.

Plot

Generation Um... is an existential day-in-the-life portrait that immerses the viewer in the downtown mindsets of John Wall, a lost soul who's been circling the New York City drain for too long, and the two party girls he spends his birthday with, Violet and Mia, as they look for light in the darker aspects of their "family of circumstance" and the paths their self-destructive lives have taken.

Cast

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes|0%] based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 3.2/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 25 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.
Justin Chang of Variety called it "a slapped-together sub-mumblecore exercise that at times suggests a feature-length expansion of 2010′s 'Sad Keanu' meme." Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote in his review, "Just because the characters waste their time doesn’t mean you should waste yours watching them circle the drain."