24 Hours On Craigslist
Michael Ferris Gibson
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Plot Summary
The community web site Craigslist.org has become one of the most popular sites on the internet, boasting well over 10 million unique users. &24 Hours on Craigslist& documents a random day-in-the-life on Craigslist San Francisco of what has evolved into the world's largest community board. An Ethel Merman drag queen searches for the perfect backup band for her Led Zeppelin covers. Doors for sale, one night stands, compulsive roomates, transsexual erotic services. The mundane and the sublime, the ridiculous and the profound, all come together to paint a portrait of a thriving, humanistic community in the midst of an ever-accelerating culture.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
50%- Reviews Counted: 10
- Fresh: 5
- Rotten: 5
- Average Rating: 5.8/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: The disorganized documentary 24 Hours on Craigslist is primarily a stroll through human desire as manifested on the popular Internet site Craigslist.org.
Fresh: Personalities are as engaging as they are diverse, while zippy, well-photographed package is never dull.
Fresh: A diverting infomercial.
Rotten: A fun and free-form celebration of the site's communal spirit and only-in-San Francisco ethos.
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Audience Seeks Connection...
First, let me say that I watched the entire film. The documentary was an obvious work of much effort. It is just short of the 3 of 5 stars on iTunes. All said and done, I scored the film a 2.
Unfortunately, the documentary failed to offer a cohesive, cogent and informative story arch or argument. Without an organized, purposeful direction, the film fails to allow the subjects in the documentary to connect with the audience. The film seems to go nowhere, the subjects of interest, in turn, have no purpose, there is no reason to want to know their stories or to even journey further into the story of Craig himself.
I hope the sequel will take into account all of the possibilities... and maybe add another 24 hours, or so.
Disjointed - neither narrative nor continuity
The film is just clip after clip, none of which are organized. The underlying theme seems to be the diversity of Craigslist postings (and therefore the world), which is cool, but it's done after the first six minutes and then you are just watching clips of random people. With a little organization or narrative, it could have been great. Instead it was boring. Too bad.
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