Teenage Boredom Revealed

Duck Season (4/5 stars)

Duck Season tells the story of one day in the lives of two young teenage boys after the power goes out in their building. They are eventually joined by a slightly older teenage girl who comes over and has trouble getting a cake made, and a pizza delivery man who refuses to leave over an on-time delivery dispute.

Shot in black and white, and taking place entirely in the apartment of one of the two teenagers with the power off, not a whole lot happens, but it is still interesting because of the realness of the characters and the interesting visual imagery throughout. Many jokes are made in the movie by suddenly cutting to some scene which looks entirely ridiculous and you can't help but laugh, or by realizing the complete inaneness of the actions and conversations that go on between the people stuck in the apartment.

There are also some nice comedic and dramatic touches; people have certain intentions towards each other, the pizza delivery man is obsessed with a riduclous painting, at one point with power the boys play a player vs. player shooting game and call it "Bush vs. Bin Laden", there is a grand brownie mishap, and the teenage girl plays a game trying to guess the color inside of a candy and fails an absurd amount of times in a row. There are also some deeper troubles behind the surface of these people: the boy who lives at the apartment's parents are going through a divorce, the neighbor girls' family has forgotten her, the pizza delivery man has failed at his goals in life, and the boy who does not live at the apartment is not really sure who he really is.

This is definitely something that should be seen, not only to enjoy the fascinating while still boring characters, but to remember what you may have done in the same situation when you were younger.