The Do-Deca-Pentathlon (2012) 5.8
Two brothers compete in their own private 25-event Olympics. |
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The Do-Deca-Pentathlon (2012) 5.8
Two brothers compete in their own private 25-event Olympics. |
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Stephanie
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Alice
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| Noël Wells | ... |
Stripper
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Ricky Dillard | ... |
Laser Tag employee
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Elton LeBlanc | ... |
Poker Player
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Alex Lipschultz | ... |
Poker Player
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John Melvin | ... |
Race Announcer
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Brett Patron | ... |
Poker Player
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| Jordan Stidham | ... |
Young Jeremy
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Reid Williams | ... |
Hunter
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Two brothers compete in their own private 25-event Olympics.
It is the mundane, every day, ordinariness of the Duplass Brothers's (Jay and Mark) films that make them the respected indie-film directors that they are today. Their films -- Cyrus, The Puffy Chair, Baghead and Jeff, Who Lives at Home -- are all solidly grounded pieces of work in a slightly warped reality. This is the Duplass selling point ... one I have allowed myself to enjoy with each of their films (to varying degrees). It is only "slightly-warped" because 85% of their film is realistic and the film-making duo takes one element of normalcy and amplifies it beyond belief ... here they do so with two ultra-competitive brothers. While many siblings compete with one another -- the mere title of this film -- implies that that these two take it over the top with a competition of 25 events to one-up the other. We don't get to see all of them here; but the brothers compete ... much to the chagrin of the wife of one of them (the other is un-married -- Surprise!) who has set up a weekend birthday party for her husband whom her brother-in-law infiltrates and causes the steady-hubby to go rogue. There are laughs and smiles to be had here -- like all of the Duplass films -- but there are also uncomfortable moments of real-ness which make the films work on a base-line of reality. I appreciate what these guys do. They celebrate the mundane of our everyday lives but also give it a slight twist to make something a bit more interesting. The film is quite short (under an hour and a half) and I wish it had carried out a bit further ... I won't get into the why here. This isn't a movie that will win numerous awards; but it is a pleasant way to pass some time.