Absolutely terrible and charmless! Adopts all the artifice and editing style of a typical artsy movie without having literally any vision, any message, or any emotions. There was no plot, no relatable characters, no logic, no funny moments, nothing worth seeing at all. I have no idea what people find good about this movie I wanted scream at every scene "WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THAT". Drew out for so long. Every abrupt scene change and long shots felt unearned and trying to add meaning to scenes were it was not.
Honestly reviews about how this movie addresses culture and race are reading so hard into this. You don't even know he's Jewish for most of the movie, it seemingly affects him in no way. Yes black characters were in the movie in prominent roles but it hardly leads to any message about race or privilege as there is literally no conflict in the entire movie except for a single comment made at passover dinner. The girl's Jamaican family seems to mostly accept him with little issue of questioning and he more or less fits it as a neutral presence.
Just because it's playing in film festivals doesn't mean this film is good. Don't waste your time and money seeing it.
Honestly reviews about how this movie addresses culture and race are reading so hard into this. You don't even know he's Jewish for most of the movie, it seemingly affects him in no way. Yes black characters were in the movie in prominent roles but it hardly leads to any message about race or privilege as there is literally no conflict in the entire movie except for a single comment made at passover dinner. The girl's Jamaican family seems to mostly accept him with little issue of questioning and he more or less fits it as a neutral presence.
Just because it's playing in film festivals doesn't mean this film is good. Don't waste your time and money seeing it.