The New Age
Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center to their lives. When they both lose their jobs and begin marital infidelities, their solution is to start their own business together. In order to find meaning to their empty lives, they follow various New Age gurus and other such groups. Eventually, they hit rock bottom and have to make some hard decisions.
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Plot Summary
In the affluent hills of Los Angeles, a bored and restless couple, Peter and Katherine, become increasingly involved in the superficial and self-help-obsessed New Age culture. Their lives spiral as they encounter eccentric gurus, delve into questionable spiritual practices, and grapple with their own existential emptiness, leading to increasingly absurd and dramatic consequences.
Critical Reception
The New Age received mixed to negative reviews from critics, with many finding its satire heavy-handed and its characters unlikable. While some appreciated its attempt to skewer the excesses of wellness culture, the film was largely seen as unfocused and lacking a clear point of view, failing to find a significant audience.
What Reviewers Say
- Critics found the satire of New Age culture to be heavy-handed and often unfunny.
- The film was criticized for its unlikeable characters and a lack of clear thematic direction.
- Some acknowledged the film's attempt at social commentary but felt it fell short in execution.
Google audience: Audiences seemed to find the film's satirical attempts to be quite pointed, with many viewers expressing that while the characters were meant to be unlikable, the film itself didn't offer enough entertainment or insight to justify its runtime. Some appreciated the critique of self-help fads.
Fun Fact
The film was originally intended to be a television series before being adapted into a feature film.
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