Movie Review: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
Grade: A-
You had me at "Kitten Centaur"
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die is one fu*ked-up wild ride. It's a science fiction satire with a dangerous vision of the future. This is a film that's really hard to describe without making it sound terribly offensive (which it is), while at the same time sharing just how funny it is. Fans of the dark 60's nuclear war humor of Spike Milligan will relate. This is "The Bedsitting Room" for the 21st century.
GLHFDD merges "Terminator 2" and "12 Monkeys" with the most offensive moments of Monty Python. One subplot involves grieving parents of children killed in school shootings who have their kids cloned. The only catch is that the clones will periodically spout out product advertisements. At a party one couple explains that school shootings are so common they have lost the same kid four times. The company even clones the shooters, who never kill again 70% of the time. Offensive? Yup. Funny? You betcha.
Buoyed by a madcap performance by Sam Rockwell that's impossible not to love, the film walks a razor's edge between mere political incorrectness and being outright offensive in ways as refreshing as they are tasteless . It's biggest flaw is that it can't maintain it's highest level of tastelessness for very long before returning to its plot
GLHFDD is a rare, raw, satire of modern relationships in the era of AI, cell phones, social media, and school shootings, without any pretense of being marketable, and that's why it's worth seeing.