Planet Fitness
2021 · 8m · USA
Directed by Paul Emerson
Tones: absurdist, humorous, whimsical
A hopelessly unemployed woman studying for her Zumba instructor certification accidentally hits an alien with her car while driving through the desert, leading to an unexpected and emotionally resonant encounter.
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Unemployed woman trying to become a Zumba instructor hits an alien with her car — I refuse to live in a world where this doesn't exist in every film vault on the internet.
Paul Emerson grafts Close Encounters onto a broke-millennial Zumba-certification comedy without condescending to either register — the alien stays genuinely strange, which is harder than it sounds.
Grafting Close Encounters onto broke-millennial comedy without condescending to either register — eight minutes lets the alien stay genuinely strange. The lo-fi commitment is the saving grace.
Reviews
A lo-fi, lighthearted comedy carried by the awkward charm of Katy Fullan.