- the director played Trey (Krisha's son)
- this was based on his cousin relapsing at Thanksgiving dinner
- the actress who plays Krisha is his actual aunt
- the actress who plays Krisha's sister is his actual mom
- almost all of these people had never acted before
- it was shot in his parent's house
- it was his first movie
PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. What a personal story. More of the family are his IRL relatives too, I have to imagine they were at the thanksgiving dinner when this actually happened
I thought it was great. The family felt incredibly real (because it was I guess!). The actress who played Krisha was pretty amazing, she crushed it. I would say she carried the movie but there were so many other strengths. The direction/editing/music were all top notch. This guy followed it up with It Comes At Night. He's so good at capturing the mood and vibe that he wants, the music and quick editing and dizzy camera movements were anxiety inducing
The relapse scene was hard to watch, I was cringing the whole time. When that turkey began to fall...man o man. And then when she starts drinking AGAIN. My jaw hung open a bit
Probably sitting at a 7 or even an 8 for me. I really can't fault it for much of anything. It wasn't....ENJOYABLE but it was expertly crafted
After the Victoria comparison I chuckled at the opening being a long tracking shot (that was fun). And then the opening scene afterwards when she observes the family from the kitchen was equally as likely to give me a seizure as Victoria’s opening club scene
Oh and that was also Krisha’s/the sisters actual mom and she actually does have Alzheimer’s
And the director WAS a business management major who dropped it to work in movies (: . That small exchange about his focus was really good, he’s probably had that exact conversation with his mom before. I sure have
After sleeping on it this is as on the line between 7 and 8 as I can get tbh. And that’s how I feel about It Comes At Night too, both are like teetering. This director is really good
