B.J. Novak ventures from The Office to Texas in the dry-as-dust satire Vengeance
Are you sick of watching movies that centre on the boring lives of writers, such as last winter’s? You might be. But be careful what you wish for, because the alternative to focusing on writers could be much worse – instead you could be watching a film about aAre podcasts or podcasters inherently interesting or smart? No, not really, and certainly not on film. But B.J. Novak seems to think so with his feature directorial debut,centres on New York journalist Ben Manalowitz, a man who has it all.
One night, Ben gets a call from the brother of one of his past hookups, who asks him to attend his sister’s funeral – it turns out that the dead woman, Abby, was believed by her family to be Ben’s steady girlfriend. Unable to say no or explain to this grieving man that he barely remembers who Abby was, Ben goes to the middle of nowhere Texas for her funeral.
As a director, Novak would likely be more successful if he hadn’t cast himself as the main focus of his own mystery.As a director, Novak would likely be more successful if he hadn’t cast himself as the main focus of his own mystery. There are occasional moments when the film is so close to feeling like it is accomplishing its goals – to be seen as a sharp and comedic critique of the cost of storytelling, with a fun little whodunnit at its core – but it never quite gets there.
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