I just finished watching Craig Johnson’s True Adolescents, which was filmed in and around Seattle (including The Comet, Caffe Vita, and the exterior of this very office for all you Two-Block Radius Hack Alert Blah Blah watchdogs) and stars Oscar nominee Melissa Leo and Mark Duplass of Lynn Shelton’s Humpday (it’s also the film where Shelton and Duplass met, Johnson told me). Duplass plays a jackassy but charming band dude (“Calamity Records has our demo, so…”) who slumps around Capitol Hill, bullshitting his way out of life’s grown-up responsibilities. When he takes his teenage nephew on a camping trip, simple mistakes steer them dangerously close to disaster, and everyone learns lessons (sweet, important) without the film ever becoming cloying.
In his Humpday review, David Schmader calls Duplass “singularly appealing,” and he is CORRECT. Duplass turns this douchey, self-absorbed band-dude cliche into an actual human–no small feat, considering he regularly says things like, “yeah, there’s potentially some really cool shit brewing with the band.” (God, shut UP.) And the teenage actors who accompany him on the ill-fated camping expedition are captivating little dudes in their own right.
The movie is funny and astute, but I gotta get out of this office (did you notice that it’s nice outside?), so I don’t have time to write much more. But if you’re looking for a SIFF movie tonight (Egyptian, 9:30 pm), True Adolescents is a fantastic option. (It also plays Saturday at 1 pm at the Egyptian).
You truly are a horrible film editor, Lindy. I’m sorry to say so, but, again, it’s true. It’s inarguable. Yeah make a joke about it. That’ll fix everything. You’re lazy, careless, and you constantly show complete disinterest with the position. Whether you’re aware of that, I don’t know. If you are, it’s obvious you don’t care. You should be fired.
why do some people need everything to be utterly without whimsy to be valued? she’s got a sense of humor about it, and some of us really enjoy that casual presentation.
@1: Sorry I don’t have time to watch every single SIFF movie on a schedule that pleases you. But thanks for your input!
Lindy was right, this was a rather decent movie.
I’m, like, 96% sure I’ve gone bungee-jumping off that very bridge.
I’m confused. What’s so awful about this? I also think that the majority of folks here really enjoy Lindy’s style of writing.
this was thoroughly enjoyable and a just moving enough without drippy sentimentality; one of my favorites so far. Hope that Johnson finds someone to distribute it so that it can return to Seattle sometime soon.