Watched this at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
Awkward dark comedies is something I do like and this one has some good moments but it's not amazing. Filmmaker Nathan Silver has made some comedy works that I personally weren't very big on and with this new project, Silver direction and some of the writing has improved as Silver's direction felt more stronger and focused. Without feeling too messy and all over the place, the narrative is standard structure but there are some strong comedic tones and moments between characters. Particular the climax dinner scene where the characters are having a strange conversation was the best aspect about the movie.
Throughout, the camerawork and super 16 visual style was an interesting choice and while it does get a little old and unnecessary, there are some decent camerawork. The performances are pretty good as Jason Schwartzman, Carol Kane, Dolly de Leon, and the rest of the cast give great performances with Schwartzman and Kane having good chemistry between.
Despite good performances, the characters, unfortunately, aren't great as I found the characters to be uninteresting at times, a little unlikeable. There are some good humor and some not so good humor and there were some strange editing choices that did bother me a little. Good uses of music, some of the dialogue is kind of a rough and the pacing was solid.
As a whole, the movie is rough on the edges but there are still some really good moments and the chemistry between the main two leads are the best aspects. Overall, decent.
Awkward dark comedies is something I do like and this one has some good moments but it's not amazing. Filmmaker Nathan Silver has made some comedy works that I personally weren't very big on and with this new project, Silver direction and some of the writing has improved as Silver's direction felt more stronger and focused. Without feeling too messy and all over the place, the narrative is standard structure but there are some strong comedic tones and moments between characters. Particular the climax dinner scene where the characters are having a strange conversation was the best aspect about the movie.
Throughout, the camerawork and super 16 visual style was an interesting choice and while it does get a little old and unnecessary, there are some decent camerawork. The performances are pretty good as Jason Schwartzman, Carol Kane, Dolly de Leon, and the rest of the cast give great performances with Schwartzman and Kane having good chemistry between.
Despite good performances, the characters, unfortunately, aren't great as I found the characters to be uninteresting at times, a little unlikeable. There are some good humor and some not so good humor and there were some strange editing choices that did bother me a little. Good uses of music, some of the dialogue is kind of a rough and the pacing was solid.
As a whole, the movie is rough on the edges but there are still some really good moments and the chemistry between the main two leads are the best aspects. Overall, decent.
