It’s a bold swing to set a comedy at a funeral – but by all accounts, Shiva Baby is not your average comedy. The feature debut by writer-director Emma Seligman received major festival buzz from SXSW and Toronto, with a great cast and a hooky premise, and there’s not long to wait until it arrives on UK screens. The film stars comedian Rachel Sennott as college student Danielle, who over the course of a day at Shiva (a Jewish period of mourning) runs into her sugar daddy and her ex-girlfriend, with her parents also attending the gathering. If that sounds anxiety-inducing, it’s supposed to – check out this exclusive clip from the movie, giving a sense of its tense register, prickling score, and dry wit.
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The new film â Together Together â has a great premise: A single, straight man wants to be a father and decides to hire a surrogate to help. Itâs fertile territory that has been fairly unexplored in popular art and brings with it a host of built in dramatic and comedic opportunities, especially with someone like Ed Helms leading the cast. Writer-director Nicole Beckwith (âStockholm, Pennsylvaniaâ) instead chooses to focus on the relationship between Helmsâ character Matt and his surrogate, Anna (Patti Harrison) and it becomes just another semi-quirky, frustratingly surface exploration of two lonely headcases finding comfort in one another. In some ways, itâs a quintessential Sundance film. The baby and the pregnancy become just a screenwriterâs excuse to put these two together. Itâs too bad because Helms shows promise stretching in a more dramatic role and Harrison herself is a captivating presence.
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The new film â Together Together â has a great premise: A single, straight man wants to be a father and decides to hire a surrogate to help. Itâs fertile territory that has been fairly unexplored in popular art and brings with it a host of built in dramatic and comedic opportunities, especially with someone like Ed Helms leading the cast. Writer-director Nikole Beckwith (âStockholm, Pennsylvaniaâ) instead chooses to focus on the relationship between Helmsâ character Matt and his surrogate, Anna (Patti Harrison) and it becomes just another semi-quirky, frustratingly surface exploration of two lonely headcases finding comfort in one another. In some ways, itâs a quintessential Sundance film. The baby and the pregnancy become just a screenwriterâs excuse to put these two together. Itâs too bad because Helms shows promise stretching in a more dramatic role and Harrison herself is a captivating presence.
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