A caveat: Beatriz at Dinner does not aim to comfort.
White’s script is a boldly downbeat descent, given poetic body by Arteta’s watchful, gentle filmmaking. Hayek’s is an earthy, aching performance-one of the best of the year-that’s complemented well by John Lithgow as the opposition, and Connie Britton and Chloë Sevigny as other witless guests. As played by Salma Hayek, zen-calm massage therapist Beatriz is a vessel of collective outrage while also maintaining her individuality, a keenly wrought sense of self. And yet, it’s also cathartically bruising to watch the film’s title character hurl her disgust at a Trumpian billionaire when they wind up, through a mundane twist of fate, at the same nightmarish dinner party. As a biting and ultimately devastating plaint about an economic system grown sociopathically rapacious with greed, it’s almost too much to bear. With the help of their neighbor Frank, they decide to start an illegal casino in the basement of his house.Īlso featuring Jason Mantzoukas, Ryan Simpkins, Nick Kroll, Jessie Ennis, Rob Huebel, and Cedric Yarbrough, “The House” opens on June 30th.Director Miguel Arteta and writer Mike White’s latest collaboration premiered at Sundance in the shell-shocked first days after the presidential inauguration, giving the film an eerie timeliness. Here’s the official synopsis:Īfter Scott and Kate Johansen lose their daughter Alex’s college fund, they become desperate to earn it back so she can pursue her dream of attending a university. But this summer he’s swinging for the fences with “ The House.”Ĭo-starring with fellow ‘SNL’ alum Amy Poehler, this one has a pretty good premise, following a couple who run an illegal casino operation, looking to raise some much needed cash. Let’s face it, “ Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues” and “ Zoolander 2” were disappointments, “ Get Hard” wasn’t what it could be, and while I think that “ Casa De Mi Padre” is pretty underrated, it never found an audience. We love Will Ferrell, but it’s been a while since he’s starred in a truly great comedy.
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