The mid-to-late ’50s, Roger Corman-esque tone isn’t bad, and it’s interesting to be reminded that Lindsay Lohan — God help her — really does have that certain je ne sais quoi. She has hot fires burning, but all she does is make campy junk. That isn’t to say The Canyons is necessarily that, but the idea, obviously, is something fey and ironical in quote marks. Plus the sound editing doesn’t feel quite right. And I don’t know about James Deen. Is it just the trailer in black-and-white or is the feature also?
