Five men on a fishing trip indulge in a competition to rate each other’s lives in Athina Rachel Tsangari’s directionless black comedyThis opaque piece of dry-as-dust black comic absurdism comes from Greek film-maker Athina Rachel Tsangari,a modern and associate of Yorgos Lanthimos, whose recent movie The Lobster this vaguely resembles at certain points. It’s described in its promotional fabric as a “buddy movie without the buddies”. I would call it “La Grande Bouffe, or without the sex or food” – although actually there is a bit of sex and food. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com