it's a wildly misbegotten mess, a goulash of incongruent tones and unclear motives; which is a shame, as it features several noteworthy performances, and full sequences that could have worked, in a film that knew what the hell to do with them
"Lucy in the Sky" assuredly has its entertaining moments, committed performance from Natalie Portman, and individual scenes that work, but it's still a failure considering it's a character study that abysmally studies its subject