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The film follows an extraordinary man who is on the run from authorities. He attempts to survive the winter by breaking into empty vacation homes. He often calls into radio talk shows — where he has acquired the nickname 'Buster'. What is his purpose?
Malek is always a fascinating screen presence, but he can't do much with long stretches of silent contemplation, especially when half of those find him buried under silly mountain-man makeup.
Thinks of Buster's Mal Heart as a visual poem about the suffocating sadness of a world in which we're victim to unfair rules. How does it make you feel?
It's a confident weirdness that "Buster's Mal Heart" boasts as it dissects a damaged soul for signs of what's eternal and what's triggered when a man breaks in two.
If you appreciate a writer/director and actor who swing for the fences and chase after big questions ... this has a dreamlike beauty that may catch you in its spell.