Stars: Corina Smith, Dennis Frederick, Jackie Rich, David Flores, Rick Grove and Eric Storie
This film was a submission to one of the IFP Phoenix film challenges in 2013. Here's an index to my reviews of 2013 submissions. |
Director Sarah Woodward and her wonderfully named team of Untrained Slackers, clearly had a blast shooting this, which perhaps explains why it's a little out of control. While it keeps threatening to go hog wild into hallucinogenic territory and thus be told even more from Anna's perspective, it doesn't ever let itself. Instead it relies on a set of delightfully expressive performances from the actors tasked to put on face paint and extras and act like animals. Jackie Rich is most notable as Petey's rabbit of a mother, Mrs Warren, but Eric Storie steals the show when he wanders in as Tony, a haughty cat who waltzes in and out again precisely like one of my cats does so often. The dialogue they're given isn't bad at all, especially all the comments about how small Anna's hips are, but frankly the actors go far beyond that here. Watch their outrageous routines, then remember back to when you first met your partner's parents for the first time and realise how accurate this parody really is.
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