Lemon

The comic flourishes in this biting comedy that sends up all those annoying sad-white-dude-in-an-indie tropes.

2806d ago

Lemon is too in love with being oddball to really have any connection to the real, non-quirky world. And so while scene-by scene its absurdism can be drolly amusing, it never coheres into anything more than a series of sketches.

2806d ago

Most of the humor stems from the humiliation of its protagonist — the binding thereof — and it is all quite funny, in a demented, cringy way that makes it difficult to sit through. Here, Bravo’s experience directing theater shows, as long extended shots with exquisite framing wring out the painful anxiety in each scene.

2806d ago

Chekhov, Caribbean cookouts and matzo are blended delicately in Janicza Bravo’s highly original movie.

2806d ago

Most of the humor stems from the humiliation of its protagonist — the binding thereof — and it is all quite funny, in a demented, cringy way that makes it difficult to sit through. Here, Bravo’s experience directing theater shows, as long extended shots with exquisite framing wring out the painful anxiety in each scene.

2806d ago

Lemon is too in love with being oddball to really have any connection to the real, non-quirky world. And so while scene-by scene its absurdism can be drolly amusing, it never coheres into anything more than a series of sketches.

2806d ago

Chekhov, Caribbean cookouts and matzo are blended delicately in Janicza Bravo’s highly original movie.

2806d ago

The surreal indie comedy Lemon looks better than it runs.

2806d ago

The surreal indie comedy Lemon looks better than it runs.

2806d ago

Janicza Bravo's buzz film from Sundance Next is a comedy of miserablism that's most winning when it's least head-scratching.

2806d ago

Janicza Bravo's buzz film from Sundance Next is a comedy of miserablism that's most winning when it's least head-scratching.

2806d ago

There's a flatness in the end-result. The quirky is utterly predictable.

2806d ago

There's a flatness in the end-result. The quirky is utterly predictable.

2806d ago

Lemon rolls a bunch of sequential scenes from start to finish, fruitless and unfortunate in its lack of any lasting effect.

2806d ago

Lemon rolls a bunch of sequential scenes from start to finish, fruitless and unfortunate in its lack of any lasting effect.

2806d ago

Self-absorption is director Janicza Bravo’s focus, though it’s a topic that’s less examined than indulged.

2806d ago

Self-absorption is director Janicza Bravo’s focus, though it’s a topic that’s less examined than indulged.

2806d ago