Scenes From a MallA married couple celebrate their wedding anniversary by going to the local mall with a sports lawyer and a pop psychologist. The camera follows them as they shop, reminisce, confess and bicker, surrounded by the artefacts of modern consumerism. With a couple of once gifted comedians trading forced banter, the smug, referential title and an unreliable director, one is justified in expecting the worst. And yet there's a horrible fascination here that goes beyond Woody's ponytail. It's a compelling idea - people talking about the most private details of their lives in the most public of places.
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