Quirky Dark-Comedy...Bizarre Surreal Characters & Cartoon-Like Behavior
Prolific Actor and Occasional Director, John Flattery Takes the Helm in this Dark Comedy that has Unmistakable "Fargo" Vibes.
Actors John Hamm and Tina Fey Lead a Quirk-Character Cast of Misfits, Losers, Low-Life-Criminals, as an Awkward Coupling of Post-Marriage 30-Somethings.
He, with His Wife Passing, and She with a Divorce from a Dominating Husband (that She can't seem to avoid meeting-up with).
The Plot has the Mystery of 2 Murders, only Days Apart, Both Victims with the Name Maggie Moore.
Everyone in this Fictional Small Town is a Character Worthy of Sensationalized Paper-Back Fiction.
Exaggerated, Full of Colorful Quirks, Mostly a Step Slow with the Characters Designed to Entertain and Propel the Lurid Plot, Filled with Violence and Charmless Charm.
All of it is Designed a Step-Above Reality and that Design is What Could Place it in a Sub-Genre of Crime-Fiction, You Could Call...
"Cartoon-Crime-Fiction"
With its Tongue-In-Cheek Display of some Ultra-Violence by Dumb-as-Dirt Criminals who Take Turns Providing Outrageous, Surprising Laughs.
It's that Counterpart to the "Normal" or Usual Mystery, Drama, Romance, and Crime, Story that Sets the Type Apart.
Over-Reaching, as if On-Cue, to the Events that Causes these Folks to Over-React in a what at Times Seems Like Something Out of a Cartoon.
Coloring (outside the lines) and Can't Help but be Noticed by Everyone but Themselves.
A Style that is Not for Everyone, but Dark-Comedy, sometimes Called Black-Comedy, has a Legion of Fans.
They Love the Cult-Status that Makes these Movies a Different Experience from the Straight-Laced, Familiar, and Safe Movie Offerings that "Stays Within the Lines".
For those Fans, it's...
Worth a Watch
For Fans of the Traditional Take...
Not so Much.
Actors John Hamm and Tina Fey Lead a Quirk-Character Cast of Misfits, Losers, Low-Life-Criminals, as an Awkward Coupling of Post-Marriage 30-Somethings.
He, with His Wife Passing, and She with a Divorce from a Dominating Husband (that She can't seem to avoid meeting-up with).
The Plot has the Mystery of 2 Murders, only Days Apart, Both Victims with the Name Maggie Moore.
Everyone in this Fictional Small Town is a Character Worthy of Sensationalized Paper-Back Fiction.
Exaggerated, Full of Colorful Quirks, Mostly a Step Slow with the Characters Designed to Entertain and Propel the Lurid Plot, Filled with Violence and Charmless Charm.
All of it is Designed a Step-Above Reality and that Design is What Could Place it in a Sub-Genre of Crime-Fiction, You Could Call...
"Cartoon-Crime-Fiction"
With its Tongue-In-Cheek Display of some Ultra-Violence by Dumb-as-Dirt Criminals who Take Turns Providing Outrageous, Surprising Laughs.
It's that Counterpart to the "Normal" or Usual Mystery, Drama, Romance, and Crime, Story that Sets the Type Apart.
Over-Reaching, as if On-Cue, to the Events that Causes these Folks to Over-React in a what at Times Seems Like Something Out of a Cartoon.
Coloring (outside the lines) and Can't Help but be Noticed by Everyone but Themselves.
A Style that is Not for Everyone, but Dark-Comedy, sometimes Called Black-Comedy, has a Legion of Fans.
They Love the Cult-Status that Makes these Movies a Different Experience from the Straight-Laced, Familiar, and Safe Movie Offerings that "Stays Within the Lines".
For those Fans, it's...
Worth a Watch
For Fans of the Traditional Take...
Not so Much.
- LeonLouisRicci
- Jan 2, 2024