Keeping up with the Joneses; Reviewing the Film

While this is an old film its headlining cast of Demi Moore and David Duchovny.

The concept of this 2009 film is somewhat stepford-esque with a capitalist scent. The family which epitomises perfect in all facets, from the loving parents, the daughter and the son as well as a couple of Audi’s in the garage, it is the perfect life.

Moving into the ultimate pad in suburbia, the family are not what they seem, they turn out to be actors in a unit who aim to sell their lifestyle, and all the material goods that come with it to unsuspecting consumers.

The film is rather light for the best part but there is an underlying sense of seriousness and perhaps a forshadowing of tragedy.

The burgeoning romance between Kate and Steve whets the appetite of those seeking out romance, and it is this aspect that is purely a sideshow perhaps not contributing to the wider themes of the film but aiming to appeal to a wider audience.

Each of the family resonates with their own problems but the focus is truly on Kate and Steve.

The wider themes of materialism, competition and their awry effects resonates deeply with a presently consumerisitic  society and it is the climactic ending that truly ties the film up provoking tinges of reality and that “this movie is not too far from  the truth”.

While the film and its concept were enjoyable, its negating factor is the blossoming relationship between Duchovny and Moore, because I saw it as somewhat necessary. For me, the film ends at the event, and not when the credits roll.