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This Ali Wong and Randall Park co-written and acted romantic comedy, directed by Nahnatchka Khan, is a passable flick, pushed slightly above the usual bar by genuinely funny one-liners and a cameo that is not to be missed. You are unlikely to be disappointed despite the standard plot points, save it for one of your open Netflix nights. You'll have a few chuckles, a couple of laugh out loud moments, and may find some poignancy.

A compact film - neither a Coen brother's modern Western nor a horrible no-budget - it features to passable child actors up against Kevin Bacon - as a corrupt sheriff. This is a passable movie that I enjoyed on a late night with nothing else to do - and didn't feel it time wasted. Kevin Bacon puts on an excellent performance as a desperate, despicable cop - somehow you feel this is the type of character he was born to play.

Following a similar mechanism as the two part Nymphomaniac, where the primary character (previously Charlotte Gainsberg recounting her sexual obsessions with Stellan Skarskard), the wonderful Matt Dillon does the same here as a voiceover, except the topic is psychotic murder. Make no mistake, this is a macabre comedy - I shamelessly laughed out loud a few times at what I may not want admit to, in describing what The House That Jack Built is, to friends or family. In fact, it's better not to tell anyone you watched this film if you saw it by yourself, like I did. The film is a bit self-indulging Von Trier-Nees - you'll see what I mean if you decide to watch. I wouldn't call it a masterpiece, but it's certainly a piece of art that cannot be mistaken for any other artist - much like a Picasso or a Blake.