Mustache
2021 · 10m · USA
Directed by Harris Gurny
A mother takes her 22-year-old son out for a suit and a haircut to prep him for a job interview. He runs into an old crush and the day curdles into something awkwardly funny and lightly ominous.
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Suit shopping with mom, the haircut, the ex — yeah, I know the beats, but the flute score gives it teeth. Mom-and-failson comedy that doesn't pretend the kid is going to be fine.
Suburban errand-day comedy stalked by a flute score and a faint sense of doom — Bujalski-arrested-development with sound design doing extra labor. Subtle but well-shaped.
Suburban errand-day comedy stalked by a flute score and faint sense of doom — the flute is doing all the load-bearing tonal work. Suspended-adolescence territory with a tonal trick that elevates.
Reviews
Simple and well-executed, Gurny's film taps into a dynamic of a certain age and class — well-to-do kids stuck in dependent cycles