6.1 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 1.0 | |
Overall | 1.0 |
Permanent is a comedy about bad hair, adolescence, and socially awkward family members. It involves life-altering permanents and poorly-made toupees. Obstacles to daily survival ensue.
Starring: Rainn Wilson, Patricia Arquette, Kira McLean, Alexis Leggett, Jenna BristerComing of age | 100% |
Comedy | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English SDH, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (C untested)
Movie | 0.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 1.0 |
Permanent is the feature debut of writer/director Colette Burson, co-creator of the HBO series Hung. On the strength of this performance, Burson should stick to episodic TV. The longer narrative form doesn’t suit her talents.
Digitally shot by cinematographer Paula Huidobro (HBO's Barry), Permanent arrives on a 1080p, AVC-encoded Blu-ray from Magnolia Home Entertainment that exhibits all the usual virtues of digital capture: superior detail, excellent sharpness and an absence of noise or interference. Blacks are dark and solid, and colors are vivid but rarely bright. The average bitrate of 21.98 Mbps is typical of digitally acquired productions.
Permanent's 5.1 soundtrack has been encoded in lossless DTS-HD MA. The surrounds provide a good sense of environmental ambiance and expand the score by Craig Wedren (a veteran of Hung), but this is a dialogue-driven project, and the track delivers it clearly.
Permanent is set in 1982, when Burson would have been about the same age as the unfortunately coiffed Aurelie,
with whom she shares a
name of French origin. The film has an autobiographical flavor, as if many of the incidents and details have been included
because they're personally
meaningful to the film's creator. But the significance is lost on the viewer, who keeps waiting for the eccentric details to cohere.
They never do. Skip it.
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