Set in both Los Angeles and the main character’s hometown of Austin, Mr. Roosevelt proves to be endearing, honest, and fixedly personal in a really invigorating way.
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Set in both Los Angeles and the main character’s hometown of Austin, Mr. Roosevelt proves to be endearing, honest, and fixedly personal in a really invigorating way.
This film is written by and starring Mark Duplass in one of his most devastatingly raw performances to date. Sarah Paulson co-stars in an equally amazing capacity, and the director is newcomer (and former cameraman) Alex Lehmann. Small in scope, but brutally honest about the depth of young love, this is a film that deserves all the adoration it has gotten.
James C. Strouse is swiftly becoming one of my favorite indie directors and writers with the inclusion of this Jessica Williams star vehicle. She previously starred in his 2015 film People, Places, Things where she played a talented student in a graphic writing class. In this film she is the principle character, and my goodness, does she shine through in all her exquisiteness.
Good romantic comedies are generally only made in the independent film community, because many of the tropes and calamitous plot devices used in mainstream, Hollywood rom-coms have become clichéd. The Big Sick holds the distinction of being the biggest payday for a Sundance released film on record, as Amazon paid $12 million for its distribution rights
