Sitcom mastermind Kenya Barris knows his way around the witty rat-a-tat, as a writer and an occasional director. At the helm of his first feature, the Black-ish creator choreographs a who’s who of comic talent and lets them shine — key among them Eddie Murphy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jonah Hill, who shares screenwriting credit with Barris. In their L.A. story, the 35-year-old son of affluent white Jews and the daughter of affluent Black Muslims fall in love. Let the comedy of discomfort begin.
You People revels in tipping sacred cows (the Holocaust, slavery, liberals, Black Lives Matter), and yet it fits quite comfortably within a time-tested rom-com formula. The Netflix comedy, receiving a limited theatrical release a week before its Jan. 27 streaming debut, abounds with well-etched characters, a good number of them lovably annoying or just plain ridiculous. It comes on like gangbusters and keeps generating belly laughs well past the halfway point,...
You People revels in tipping sacred cows (the Holocaust, slavery, liberals, Black Lives Matter), and yet it fits quite comfortably within a time-tested rom-com formula. The Netflix comedy, receiving a limited theatrical release a week before its Jan. 27 streaming debut, abounds with well-etched characters, a good number of them lovably annoying or just plain ridiculous. It comes on like gangbusters and keeps generating belly laughs well past the halfway point,...
- 1/20/2023
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stars: Maddison Bullock, Chris Levine, Jamie Nelson, April Beardslee, Danielle Rabinovitch, Robin Thompson | Written and Directed by Scott Eggleston
On the face of things, not the most inspiring of titles for a mystery/sci-fi/horror movie but there is sense in the title, at least after you’ve seen it. We see a couple move into a new house, despite reservations from close family. Although details seem brief, the wife is dying and they believe the house might be able to help in some way but the house has other ideas.
This is a very low-budget movie but this is only really clear because of the lack of any kind of effects (bar one small moment) or locations. This is not a bad thing though, the filmmakers – none more so than writer and director Scott Eggleston – clearly have a good idea for a script and have made it despite having no budget.
On the face of things, not the most inspiring of titles for a mystery/sci-fi/horror movie but there is sense in the title, at least after you’ve seen it. We see a couple move into a new house, despite reservations from close family. Although details seem brief, the wife is dying and they believe the house might be able to help in some way but the house has other ideas.
This is a very low-budget movie but this is only really clear because of the lack of any kind of effects (bar one small moment) or locations. This is not a bad thing though, the filmmakers – none more so than writer and director Scott Eggleston – clearly have a good idea for a script and have made it despite having no budget.
- 10/3/2022
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
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