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  Review by jem!!!! ★★★

  “i learned that, um, the anger i have for my dad is no reason for my self sabotage. i’m done drinking and driving, and i’m gonna devote myself to my 737 flight simulator.”

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  Review by Josh ★★★★

  I'm not sure there's anyone that's able to make horrifically sad statements and sentiments as funny as Brennan Lee Mulligan. Also, I want a whole TV show about this

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  Review by Jenna ★★★★★

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  Review by Rowland Scheessele ★★½

  Seeing Brennan Lee Mulligan and Joe Pera occupy the same space is surreal.

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  Review by moleman ★★★★

  Man, Samy Burch is such a killer screenwriter. This dialogue is so natural and funny at the same time that I'm dying to know if any of the actors were adlibbing or improvising at all. Having seen May December and Crown Prince, I doubt it!!!
  Brennan Lee Mulligan kills it too, conveys so much to the audience while still portraying an emotionally blocked dude trying his worst to stay that way. Loved the camera choices in the collector's house and the seminar space. They both felt super voyeuristic to me in totally different ways, I LOVE it.

  I'm going to be thinking for a while about how different but similar I felt watching May December and Bev. They both deal…

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  Review by beca ★★★½

  There’s such a casualness about dark, traumatic memories here that works so well as melancholic comedy. The lead actor’s awkward, apprehensive delivery helps to make the character of Bev feel realistically sad and closed off rather than threatening or creepy - a fine line that definitely could have been crossed in the wrong hands. 

  Not sure that the pageant nightmares work super well for me in short form. They definitely could have been pushed a little further even here, but ultimately I think they’d work better all around as a reoccurring motif in a series.

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  Review by moleman ★★★★½

  I needed to see this again as soon as possible. The effect news coverage and true crime content on serial killers has had on society is repulsive, and this film is such a good antidote to it. "The victims were so pretty" and Bev's uncomfortable face journey and the crosscuts throughout with the talent show is devastating when you're tuned into it. Western society is so violently opposed to the time, tenderness, and vulnerability people deserve to have to heal from traumatic events. Not to mention the way people are always encouraged to compare their stock in life with others. "I wish I was them. I'm glad I'm doing better than him. I could have it worse. I need to…

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  Review by Josiah Esch ★★★★½ 3

  Suddenly craving banana ice cream sundaes but even more than that more Brennan Lee Mulligan and Joe Pera collabs.

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  Review by sagan ★★★

  did i watch this for brennan lee mulligan? now why would you ask me such a question... of course i watched this for brennan lee mulligan.

  the charles manson soundtrack was an interesting choice.

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  Review by Beth Winchester ★★★½

  Definitely original. Brennan Lee Mulligan is great as the lead, delivering a deadpan, ultra-subtle performance of the Most Normal Guy who delivers rather dark personal truths with no hint of darkness at all.

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  Review by Dominic García 1

  Please pick this up HBO I’m begging ya... or, better yet... please let ME make this series in a couple years HBO🙏

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  Review by AWS ★★★★½

  Fantastic short from the people who wrote May December, about the adult son of a serial killer going to group therapy. Great concept, great execution. Loved the lead performance. Very likable, awkward, and damaged. Also incorporates his father’s victims in an innovative way. Really loved this.