Serial sexual harasser Louis C.K.'s secret new movie is pretty damn terrible
, C.K. has been undone by not only gross real-world conduct but the fact that his artistic life is predicated on autobiographical authenticity. Thus, his latest feature directorial outing,—which is receiving a scattered theatrical release beginning July 1—doesn’t revolves around its author, who only pops up in two brief scenes as a therapist. Instead, its focus is comedian Joe List, who co-wrote its script with C.K.
Jeff is a head case, as illustrated by a trip to the dentist during which he swears that something is wrong with the side of his face despite copious X-ray evidence to the contrary. His burdens are multiplied when Bill saddles him with his own AA sponsee, Bobby , who mocks Jeff’s bumper-sticker platitudes . Most pressing of all, however, is the looming July 4get-together that his family throws each year.
In the final tally, List’s hang-ups are neither as engaging, nor as amusingly addressed, as C.K.’s were in his own prior work. Jeff heals by coming to a greater understanding of himself, his desires, and his family, who screwed him up and drive him mad but remain important because they’reallows him to damn and then forgive them feels a lot like the sort of amnesty C.K. wants for himself. Though C.K.
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