I Adore Dolores
20m · USA
Directed by Sam Marine, Emily Wilson
Tones: absurdist, humorous, theatrical
A manic divorcée tries to win back her estranged clown stepdaughter by purchasing the building where the stepdaughter is serving house arrest. A ghost landlord from 1901 promptly curses the property, forcing the two to solve riddles together.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
A clown under house arrest, a ghost from 1901, and a stepmother with property delusions — this is what happens when nobody tells you no. I am clapping.
A fake-pilot for a sitcom that doesn't exist, with a 1901 ghost landlord and a house-arrested clown — Marine and Wilson committing to At Home with Amy Sedaris energy at vandalism levels of premise density. Either you're in or you're out.
A fake-sitcom pilot in which a manic divorcée buys the building where her clown stepdaughter is under house arrest while a 1901 ghost landlord curses the property — that premise is so packed it's basically vandalism, and at 20 minutes Marine and Wilson have room to commit. Pee-wee's Playhouse / Amy Sedaris lineage is the right ambition.
Reviews
An I-can't-believe-they-made-it masterpiece — few sitcom parodies are this uproarious.