Filmmaker/Comedian
Director of Mentally Al Documentary and Best Friends Web Series.
A far more prescient and disturbing Hollywood thriller than I was expecting, with great performers all around, especially from Nicolas Hoult who had quite the year. With everything going on in the country right now this movie feels more important than the filmmakers maybe even realized while making it. There is a dark cloud hovering over America and sadly the happenings of this largely true story from the 1980s feels much too relevant to today.
I wanted to love this movie, and at times I did love this movie, but, despite its wonderful performances and its instantly iconic imagery, the film’s over long, repetitive first act, and sense of humor that never quite hit its mark kept Mickey 17 from being the masterpiece I’d hoped for and felt was within reach.
While I loved and would not sacrifice the positive, humanist message of the film, I felt it lacked the needed bite of a Vonnegut…
The Book of Job told as a small town, very Jewish comedic fable.
To me this film is the cinematic embodiment of Victor Frankel’s “Man’s Search For Meaning” and the only film I’ve ever seen that makes believe in god. (High praise, I know)
When I feel like life gets overwhelming, I turn to A Serious Man to remind me to stay true to who I am, and try to remain my best self.