Floundering (1994) on Netflix
After the Los Angeles riots, John Boyz is unemployed in Venice, his bank account frozen by the IRS and his benefits gone. His brother Jimmy needs $3,000 for a detox program.
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- Netflix3.1/5
- IMDb5.8/101,449 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes67%
Plot summary
John Boyz lives alone in Venice, without a job and without direction, in the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. He cannot sleep, and he spends his nights watching the neighborhood through binoculars. In a journal he records the smallest details of his days, and he plays homemade videos of the riots over and over, looking for a clue. The IRS puts a freeze on his bank account and his unemployment benefits end. His girlfriend is unfaithful, and his brother Jimmy, addicted to drugs, needs $3,000 to get into a detox program. He also has encounters, some of them imagined, with people from television, relatives who have died, a one-time liberal who now works in investment banking, drug users, and the unemployment office.
Cast
- Shakaas Shaman
- Eddie Baytosas Paper Thief
- Tom Corteseas Drug Dealer
