Surprisingly good little movie
Apr. 17th, 2015 09:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamsharkHaving finished the latest Netflix series I was working through, I found myself adrift last night. Netflix still fails pretty much all the time in their attempts to predict movies that I would like ("Trailer Park Boys"??? Seriously, Netflix?). But I am increasingly amused by their batty ideas for sorting their offerings into theme collections. My absolute favorite, just as a concept, was "Movies watched by Tobias Funke on Arrested Development." Not that I had any interest in watching any of them, but the idea was hilarious.
Several collections down the line from that I ran into a little gem called "In a World." It's a charming, surprisingly subtle indie movie about a young woman trying to deal with the burden of being the daughter of the world's greatest living voiceover talent. You could call it a romcom, but I wouldn't because the romance is a relatively minor part of the plot. It's more of a coming-of-age story. It's funny and heart-warming and has a lot of family drama/comedy in it. But it's also about how we present ourselves and judge others (and the mistakes we make in both) with particular focus on the voice. Since it's about a family of voiceover artists, after all. It's also about feminism and female empowerment, so it triumphantly sails through the Bechdel test. And it has the adorable Demetri Martin cast in the boy next door role, which he aces. The rest of the casting is also pretty brilliant for a teeny tiny little Sundance film by a brand new filmmaker. Highly recommended.
Several collections down the line from that I ran into a little gem called "In a World." It's a charming, surprisingly subtle indie movie about a young woman trying to deal with the burden of being the daughter of the world's greatest living voiceover talent. You could call it a romcom, but I wouldn't because the romance is a relatively minor part of the plot. It's more of a coming-of-age story. It's funny and heart-warming and has a lot of family drama/comedy in it. But it's also about how we present ourselves and judge others (and the mistakes we make in both) with particular focus on the voice. Since it's about a family of voiceover artists, after all. It's also about feminism and female empowerment, so it triumphantly sails through the Bechdel test. And it has the adorable Demetri Martin cast in the boy next door role, which he aces. The rest of the casting is also pretty brilliant for a teeny tiny little Sundance film by a brand new filmmaker. Highly recommended.
