A mosaic of stories that presents the development of people's relationships, their happiness, sorrow, loss, love, and hatred. Our memories that we share with each other.
As terribly earnest as it is terribly written and directed, Nostalgia at least features some really good actors - though their talents are wasted, just like a family heirloom tossed in the trash.
Only a few of the characters are well-developed enough to sustain the movie's interest, while the rest speak in obscure, poetic dialogue that repeats the central thesis ad nauseam.
From its scattered narrative to its morose musical score to its borderline criminal misuse of a talented cast, it is a clear front-runner for next winter's Worst Films of 2018 list.
Here, director Mark Pellington seems to be aiming at a portrayal of nostalgia itself, with the people feeling it serving as necessary but ultimately unimportant vessels, the way a doctor researching cancer needs to see it working on a patient.
