The Send-Off

A+ acting A+ directing A+ screenplay / plot A+ themes and surreal symbolism

What about characters, you ask. Uh... you'll have to see the film. It's kinda the point. Or as the ghost of James Dean said, "work on the personality, kid."

Several closely related threads at once converge on an explanation of why and how we elevate.entertainers, who happen to be the people most talented at the art of deception. The film raises questions about our true selves, relationships, abuse, the nature of social truth, the possibility of closeness, and even the possibility of movies to convey realism. At the end the movie, as a truth exposer, turns upon itself and reminds us how the characters we still trust to be their true selves are theatrical professionals speaking lines contrived by someone who we should suspect of being a manipulator too.