Grey Day
2024 · 12m · USA
Directed by Brian Fiddyment
Tones: absurdist, humorous, surreal
Two deranged young men recruit a group of like-minded individuals to gather at the James River and greet extraterrestrial visitors, their mission derailing via an LSD pickup along the way. An energetic, eerie comedy-sketch about alien believers and controlled substances.
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Two guys organize a James River alien greeting and stop for LSD along the way. The commitment to sincerity in service of cosmic nonsense is what separates good absurdism from bad.
Brian Fiddyment's deranged-extraterrestrial-welcoming-committee on the James River is sketch-comedy logic at a Tim & Eric register — energetic and eerie, but premise-driven in the way that ages quickly.
The alien greeting treated with total sincerity by the characters — comedy emerges from the earnest organizational energy applied to a cosmic delusion, not from mockery. Tim-Robinson-energy-meets-Close-Encounters is a strong bet.