Written, Directed & Edited By: Gregory Jardin
Cinematography: Kevin Fletcher
Cast: Brittany O’Grady, James Morosini, Gavin Leatherwood, Nina Bloomgarden, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Reina Hardesty, Devon Terrell, David Thompson, Madison Davenport
A group of friends gather for a pre-wedding party that descends into an existential nightmare when an estranged friend arrives with a mysterious game that awakens long-hidden secrets, desires and grudges.
It feels like the film is too in love with its cleverness just like the characters are. Though most are unlikable and insufferable.
It earns its stripes as it is definitely a dark comedy. That is too cruel at times. That tries to justify itself. Though it truly lives up to its title.
At times the film feels like the recent release Bodies Bodies Bodies only here you at least get characters rather than types.
The film is inventive and stylistic, but you can’t admire it because it’s too busy moving on to the next dazzling piece.
In this film so much happens too fast that the film seems afraid to rest as everything must be done and can never be allowed to sit stop and think especially the audience throwing you off balance so that you truly never know what will happen next
It also doesn’t help that the film and the script seem to want most of the characters to shine. There isn’t truly that much room in there.
You get the feeling that maybe the filmmakers or film doesn’t trust itself by standing still that there must be a bunch of distractions so the few questions. Which makes the film come across like a game trying to play with the audience.
Essentially, it feels like a group of actors getting together and scratching the material into a comedy group exercise or comedy group trying to make a film to serve all their sensibilities.
Luckily, the film does get better as it goes along as you gain some knowledge about the situation, the characters, and some of its rules and plays the questioning of identity that doesn’t get that deep but tries to have fun test itself into deeper waters once we get to know them and their true colors start to show
It’s a film to enjoy as long as you don’t think too deeply about it.
Grade: B-
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