Film Review - Entergalactic

Kid Cudi’s been a friend of mine for a while now. I’ve watched him grow, seen heartache, platinum hits, fringe outfits, and a rockstar phase… but never before have I seen the man facilitate the infrastructure to support a feature-length Netflix original. I’ve seen him star in a couple duds, but outside his best music videos I’ve never been able to sit back and watch Ol’ Cudder soar on the big screen. In Entergalactic, he merely floats among the habits and novelties of his wonderfully cliché life.

Not a biopic or an adaptation, Cudder makes an original plot surrounding the artist behind the wildly popular New York graffiti icon Mr. Rager. Sound familiar? Well yeah, I also got a whiff of the kid called Cudi who brought Mr. Rager to life in his debut album. So I suppose there’s some truth to the story hidden among the fanciful mistresses Jabari landing when he’s not partying with Ty Dolla $ign, and it’s easy to lose anything in this… unique distinct art style.

Watch this movie sober - you’ll save yourself around 70 percent of your brain cells. Or get blasted and suffer the following day with the remaining 30 per cent who desperately tried to comprehend the wholly inconsistent animation in this hour-plus ‘visual companion’ to the album of the same name -  I’m still recovering from my migraine. I mean, it’s certainly not a bad watch by any means – it’ll just do your head in if the world is already spinning. To add a left-hook to a gut-punch, however, is the fact that every time I paused the movie on my way to the bathroom, the still picture frozen onscreen was gorgeous. Truly magnificent, like something I’d hang on my wall every single time I glanced at the screen between blackouts. So, it’s not a bad art style! Just a uniquely distinct animation!

While the plot is largely predictable, following the tropes and clichés of dozens of films before it, Cudi’s presence firmly sells this product as something of his own. Concessions are to be handed out to those of us who aren’t fans of the lonely cowboy, but for the cult of us that love the moon man, Entergalactic is a solid entry to his discogra… filmogr…  career.

Entergalactic is streaming now on Netflix.