Generation X: Searching for Identity

With the cluelessly cheap air of a late-night infomercial produced by a church or a self-help guru, this short film is a transparent promotional/recruitment tool for a project called "The Content of Our Character," run by a Stepfordly wholesome group of idealistic (and seemingly right-leaning) Gen Xers hoping to debunk the myths of lackadaisical American 20- and 30-somethings. Little more than a rah-rah history of the project's seminars and meetings, Robyn Kinsey Mooring's Generation X's half-hour-plus is peppered with out-of-date "trendy" graphics, cheesy symbolism (a champagne bottle is uncorked and poured in a cutaway as the project's founder speaks of this "time of so much abundance and materialism"), and an amateur voiceover of feel-good generalizations--all set to a soundtrack of lite-rock guitar and elevator-muzak electric piano. Truth is, any media-savvy Generation Xer worthy of the much-maligned moniker would laugh out loud at this so-called documentary. Not recommended. Aud: C, P. (R. Blackwelder)