Daddy's Playground
2019 · 17m
Directed by Mitchell deQuilettes
Genres: dark comedy, experimental, thriller
Tones: darkly comic, provocative, tense
Rose and Teddy, desensitized by millennial romance, turn to a Tinder-like sugar dating app for income — a kinetic, darkly humorous, self-described 'soft-core, arthouse, thriller, trash production' about feminine agency.
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The scouts
Self-described 'soft-core, arthouse, thriller, trash production.' That's not my description — that's THE FILM'S. And it delivers on all four.
Self-described 'soft-core, arthouse, thriller, trash production' is a clear-eyed mission statement and rare honesty in a genre — Boni Mata and Ashley Morgan writing/starring with Francesca Eastwood is a real cast, but the Tangerine comparison is doing some heavy lifting.
Self-described 'soft-core, arthouse, thriller, trash production' with Francesca Eastwood in the mix — that kind of genre-naming usually either delivers all four or none. Kinetic energy from co-creators starring in it works in its favor.