It's still a small picture--by that I mean it isn't about Thor or Capt America or Fast and Furious #212, etc. It's about dialogue and wit and characters and fish-out-of-water and smashed expectations.
Novak wrote, acted, starred--impressive. Ashton Kutcher was amazing. It was fun to see Issa Rae again. The rest of the cast was consistently funny, thoughtful, dare I say--profound?
Two caveats: the ending was sudden, unexpected (in a good way) but a character acted OUT of character (NOT in a good way).
And...a pivotal TXT conversation wasn't on screen long enough (or I was sitting too far back in the theatre for my aging eyesight ) to catch important details that led to the climax. This is when I love streaming--I can stop the film, read the screen as long as I like, then continue the film.
The Chekhov conversation was brilliant!
Novak wrote, acted, starred--impressive. Ashton Kutcher was amazing. It was fun to see Issa Rae again. The rest of the cast was consistently funny, thoughtful, dare I say--profound?
Two caveats: the ending was sudden, unexpected (in a good way) but a character acted OUT of character (NOT in a good way).
And...a pivotal TXT conversation wasn't on screen long enough (or I was sitting too far back in the theatre for my aging eyesight ) to catch important details that led to the climax. This is when I love streaming--I can stop the film, read the screen as long as I like, then continue the film.
The Chekhov conversation was brilliant!