The Bridge

This movie sucks. It's a film that is trying to be edgy, and fails because it's overly simplistic, obvious, and unnecessarily creepy. It's a documentary that has captured a year of suicides at the Golden Gate Bridge. 24 people killed themselves at the bridge in 2004. In the film we see about a dozen of these tales and a dozen descents. The fact that so many people killed themselves at the bridge in a year, and some only a few days apart, is the only interesting part of the entire film. As it begins we watch someone fall and die, and then we hear from family members and observers of the person's last moments, and what led to their decision. A question arises here, why would anyone want to talk about such an event, and then exploit it for a supposedly edgy film? The people who jumped the bridge were obviously mentally ill, and that is quite clear from a barrage of information about the deceased. However, these observations are painfully obvious. The entire film feels like a scene where a reporter asks a Tsunami stricken victim: How do you feel? Well, obviously shitty, good thing we got that out of the way. The Bridge then continues to talk about victims without any doctor involved. Instead we just hear story after story from family members. Not only does this become boring, but cruel as it feels pushy and busybody-esque to be watching the film. The movie has delusions of ominousness, and there are countless shots of the bridge enveloped in creepy fog to strange music. The Bridge has nothing to say. It started out with a possibly interesting idea and then had to decide what to do with that idea. It's schlock.
The Bridge: ★1/2