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When she returns home from a business trip, Annie (Meera Rohit Kumbhani) finds a sort of fort made out of boxes in her living room - and inside, there's apparently her boyfriend Dave (Nick Thune), whom she can hear but not see, and who claims this is the maze he's been working on all weekend, and he has perfected it to such a degree that he can't find his way out again - which sounds ridiculous, because how hard can it be to get out of a cardboard maze smaller than your average living room -, but he also doesn't let her destroy it to get him out as he's made such an effort to build it. He doesn't even let her enter the maze because he claims it's boody-trapped. Out of ideas what to do, Annie calls Dave's friend Gordon (Adam Busch) for assistance ... and thanks to him, the apartment is soon full of people, from a team of documentary filmmakers (James Urbaniak, Frank Caeti, Scott Narver) to random Flemish tourists (Kamilla Alnes, Drew Knigga) and a hobo (Rick Overton). And before you know it, everybody gets into the maze - which in fact is waaay bigger on the inside than the outside ... so before long everyone does get lost just like Dave, and there are really booby-traps in there, plus a minotaur (half made out of cardboard though), so people do start to die. Annie, Gordon and the documentarians though do stick together and find Dave, and try to figure out what the hell is going on and how to fix it - which is easier said than done as the maze has taken on a life of its own and thus follows its own rules ... and how to fix something that doesn't necessary follow the rules of logic - or even laws of nature?

It's almost sure to say, you haven't seen a film like Dave Made a Maze before: Basically, its premise doesn't make any sense and fortunately never tries to explain anything away, but the art design that originates from the pure premise is a wonder to behold by itself. But even if the premise is non-sensical, the film is narratively perfectly structured and uses genre mainstays with quite some gusto while the tongue's firmly in cheek. Plus, the film features some awesome surreal ideas that are brought to life almost exclusively via practical effects, so it's really a movie to marvel at - but also laugh about, as the whole thing's just dang funny besides everything else!

One not to be missed!

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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