Peppy dialogue and workmanlike direction are all very well and good, but they are not what distinguish this movie. This movie plays out a familiar nightmare that many people barely avoid--what if you were stuck out in the sticks and had no resources and no one around to understand your jokes? Wisely Brooks did not try to milk this idea for the whole length of the movie, but instead left it as a second-act problem. He resolves the problem quickly and easily because otherwise this black comedy would be disturbingly close to tragedy.
One thing I like about this movie is that its last scene is on my block.
The basic pitch is the same as Orwell's Keep the Aspidistra Flying--has anyone else noticed?
One thing I like about this movie is that its last scene is on my block.
The basic pitch is the same as Orwell's Keep the Aspidistra Flying--has anyone else noticed?