Film Review – How I Live Now

Reviewed at the 2013 Twin Cities Film Festival

“How I Live Now” has no idea what type of movie it wants to be, so it
becomes them all. A scattered, meaningless war drama, the film comes
from director Kevin Macdonald, who’s made some impressive features (“One
Day in September,” “The Last King of Scotland”) and some duds (“The
Eagle”). He’s an interesting helmer who normally has a vision for his
efforts, but this one eludes him, to a degree where it begins to feel
more like punishment than suspense. “How I Live Now” isn’t a mess, but
it’s indirect, irritatingly so, wasting a tempting premise on half-baked
emotions and aimless moments of distress that should be far more
penetrating than they actually are.
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