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Director Jonas Åkerlund assembles a top-tier cast — Juno Temple! James Caan! James Marsden! Johnny Knoxville! Rosie Perez! Billy freakin' Crystal! — in this 2012 black comedy about the unexpected intersections of our interior lives and the siren song of Switzerland. (Or was it Sweden?)
Jonas Åkerlund assembles a top-tier cast in "Small Apartments," a 2012 black comedy that makes a perfect midnight movie.
Some dramatists are capable of being simultaneously misanthropic and empathetic. At his best, Todd Solondz's disdain for his characters' worst behavior is off-set by his identification with their pathologically insecurities. Solondz is, in that sense, an accomplished caricaturist. Recent films like "Life During Wartime" and "Dark Horse" suggest an intimacy and knowledge of his subjects that extends well beyond simple parody. Music video director turned feature filmmaker Jonas Akerlund ("Spun," "The Horsemen") tries and fails to achieve a similar effect in "Small Apartments," a toxically quirk...