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Writer-director Richard Kelly’s follow-up to his cult classic Donnie Darko is such a massive undertaking with all the ideas he wants to deal with that it unfortunately collapses under the weight of its aspirations. It’s a noble effort, but by attempting to tackle so many subjects, the film fails to get a grip on any of them. Kelly describes Southland Tales as “30 percent comedy, 30 percent musical, 30 percent thriller, and 10 percent science fiction,” but ultimately (...)