Critics
2022 · 10m · USA
Directed by Tynan DeLong
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic, humorous
Two film critics sit in the park and talk shop, skewering celebrity worship and the podcast-industrial complex with the deadpan patience of guys who know nobody is listening.
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Two losers on a bench pretending the discourse matters — finally a movie about the people I'd cross the street to avoid. This is the comedy of irrelevance, and I'm here for it.
Two-hander on a park bench mistaking itself for an awards-circuit conversation — Levick and Suresh ride the gap between self-importance and total irrelevance, which is their entire register. Comfort-zone work, well executed.
Two-hander on a park bench mistaking itself for an awards-circuit conversation — DeLong's deadpan can carry the gap between self-importance and irrelevance. Lives entirely on Levick and Suresh's rhythm.