Michael's Movie Grade: A-
A very intelligent and powerful dramedy.
This movie starts off as a slower paced slice-of-life film about two friends from Gard School simply living their lives. Eventually though this film takes a very serious and disturbing turn. At this point the movie tackles a very serious and uncomfortable subject matter. Though it does this in a way that never once feels exploitive but instead completely honest. This movie deals with how trauma truly works and how it hard it can be that the world keeps turning while the trauma never fully leaves. Director/writer/actress Eva Victor is incredibly empathetic, intelligent and understanding in her treatment of this serious subject matter. This is both true of her script and her powerful performance as the movie's main character. She also does a very impressive job of balancing the humor with the more serious moments. This film never has a single joke that gets in the way of its more serious moments, nor does it ever make light of the main character's trauma. This is a movie that is never afraid to make one feel truly uncomfortable and to be hard to watch at a few times. However, the humor does keep this movie from becoming nothing but uncomfortable feelings. One reason the humor never distracts from the seriousness of the story is that it comes directly from the characters, rather than from silly action. The humorous moments as well as being funny, also help us understand and relate to these characters in a greater way. It doesn't hurt that a lot of the comedy is laugh out loud funny either.
This is a truly great movie.
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