I watch a lot of movies and for my Sunday wake and bake movie I chose Unicorn Store. I chose it without knowing anything about it, the title just seemed something a stoner might like. So the whole story was a mystery to me, no clue what I was going to watch, no high expectations. It turned out to be one of those movies that brought a smile to my face for the entire movie. The ironic undertone on how to behave normally in society, on how to be 'normal', on how to become the perfect little sheep everybody wants you to be, was just great to watch, i absolutely loved it! The whole movie is in that same ironic ambiance, subtle but so visible for people who want to live a simpler life. As for the cast you couldn't have found a better actress than Brie Larson to play Kit. After the series United States of Sara where she showed that she can be a funny actress, and her stunning performance in Room where a serious role is also something she just can handle she did a great job in Unicorn Store, a mixture of funny and serious. Mamoudou Athie on the other hand was maybe not the perfect guy to play Virgil, that could have been better. I see a lot of people hated this movie, I won't even try to understand why, as the Unicorn Store is just not for everybody, it's a movie for dreamers, and it's also a movie that works perfectly after some good weed intake. A pleasant surprise to me, a movie I will watch again someday.
Review of Unicorn Store
