Deserves its Sundance Award
Not rating this 8 or above is just bizarre to me. Funny, edgy, and marvelously acting by the two young leads (who we'll be seeing more of I'm sure), and directed beautifully, it was great entertainment. Watching it I was reminded of After Hours, generally considered to be Scorsese most underrated, which I loved more than a lot of his other stuff. A mix of energy kindred to Get Out, Raising Arizona, and Jon Dahl's best film noir, this is totally 2022 and satirizes everything from woke-ism on campus to seemingly hopeless system wide racial tension that gets passed from generation to generation. When anyone speaks of "layered" messages, this film serves as an exemplar. Enjoy.
- Mystic1000
- Sep 16, 2022