M*therfucker
2023 · 13m
Directed by Adam Long
Genres: comedy, dark comedy
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic
Brian’s life is terrible, and his friend Tony knows why — and how to fix it. Sort of. One of the strangest bar exchanges ever put on screen.
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A 13-minute argument about nothing that somehow becomes everything—two guys in a bar spiraling through non-logic and pseudo-solutions with the kind of gonzo conviction that makes you laugh at the exact moment you realize you're watching a genuine philosophical breakdown masquerading as a joke.
Long orchestrates the rhythms of conversational absurdism with precision, each non-sequitur landing with the weight of formal construction; it's in the lineage of wait-what comedies that privilege timing and structural inevitability over punchlines.
The entire film hinges on the moment you stop waiting for Tony to actually help and realize he's performing helpfulness—it's a single tonal commitment that makes every ridiculous beat feel earned rather than random.
Reviews
Adam Long und Adam Peterson präsentieren einen der sonderbarsten Bar-Austausche aller Zeiten. Insgesamt vielleicht etwas zu lang und ausführend geworden, aber hat seine Momente!