Physical Therapy
2024 · 10m · USA
Directed by Zach Galsky
Tones: absurdist, humorous, whimsical
A bickering young couple gives up on regular counseling and submits to a stranger, weirder kind of therapy that promises to fix what talking couldn't.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
Most relationship comedies stop at the bickering. This one figures out a weirder mechanism and shoots it on 35mm just to prove a point about what 'low-budget' is allowed to mean.
35mm couples-therapy-as-physical-comedy with a Lanthimos-meets-Jonze tag is a real swing — better-looking than it has any right to be is exactly the kind of thing I admire.
Couples therapy as physical-comedy proposition shot on 35mm so it looks better than it has any right to — the format flex against the Lanthimos-y absurdist premise is exactly the right tension. Czech setting adds texture.
Reviews
An energetic comedy that pokes fun at a relationship dilemma, presented with vivid 35mm images, lively sound design and upbeat performances.