This is the best new(ish) film I've seen in years. Can't recommend it enough.
It's also the *sweetest*, most *heartwarming* film I've seen in I don't even know how long. And after the first 20 minutes or so you won't believe me.
I don't want to say much about it because it's one of those films where the joy is in the unfolding. Not because of plot twists or reveals or anything like that, it's just that anything I could say would undersell it and it's farrrr better to just go in blind and be delighted.
I'll just say it's a dark comedy about a couple of social outsiders in a crumbling suburban midwest America.
The first main character is not (immediately) likeable. There are racial and homophobic slurs near the start.
The film is smart in tons of ways. There are so many paths it could've gone down that would've ruined it and they avoid them all. The cinematography is very calm, in contrast to the main character's anger, which heightens the sense of powerlessness and alienation. A dumber director would've made the camera angry, like. Also it's nice to just see some locked-down static wide shots in a film like this instead of evertyhing being close and shaky.
I'm rambling cos I don't want to spooiiiil ittttttttttttttt.
I actually got James to send me a nicer quality copy of this one after watching it. And I'm quite tempted to buy a bluray just to encourage there being more films like this. And I haven't owned an optical drive for at least a decade.
