The New Age

The New Age

1994 · 112 min · EN · 5.6 (19 votes)
Dir. Michael Tolkin · Starring Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Patrick Bauchau, Rachel Rosenthal, Adam West, Paula Marshall · Music Mark Mothersbaugh

A shopping spree for the morally bankrupt.

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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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A darkly humorous, surreal dive into the hollow pursuit of meaning. It's a cynical, anxious look at yuppie culture and spiritual fads, feeling both dated and eerily relevant.

cynicaldisillusionedsurrealanxiousdarkly funnysteady90s indiesatiricalquirkyarthousematerialismspiritual seekingidentity crisisemptinessrelationships
yuppiedark comedysatiresurrealismfailing business
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