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Matthew McConaughey plays hedonistic poet Moondog
Matthew McConaughey plays hedonistic poet Moondog

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★☆☆☆☆
For anyone who thought that Harmony Korine’s prurient bikini-girls-go-wild crime flick Spring Breakers was too nuanced and sophisticated, the former enfant terrible is back with an even purer concept.

We’re still stuck in the same milieu (neon-lit, drug-filled Miami party land), but this time we are treated to wall-to-wall, scenery-chewing Matthew McConaughey at his, er, most prominent, playing a hedonistic poet called Moondog who gets stoned, goes to topless pool parties and pushes people into the water, and laughs hysterically at his own jokes.

He is an endurance test of a character who must write his debut novel within a year or face losing a multimillion-dollar inheritance from his dead wife, Minnie (Isla Fisher). Jonah Hill pops up as Moondog’s publisher, Lewis, who speaks