I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

Melanie Lynskey and Elijah Wood form a brilliantly quirky duo, and the film stands on their performances, even though it relies on peculiar characters and the twists that occur. Even though it starts off as a fairly ordinary depressing movie, it takes a bizarrely criminal turn. The grittiness is quite surprising in places. (2017.02.28)

A very pleasant genre film that nicely entertains where others would pretend to be a scathing satire or push the envelope of roughness and bloodiness. It starts as if the Coen brothers were shooting the Falling Down, then turns somewhere else, and then somewhere else by the end, but I don’t want to spoil it. In any case, it’s very easy get on the wave the film is riding, perhaps actually thanks to the fact that it doesn’t pretend to be anything “important”. And because the characters, a deprived chubby girl and a weird hobbit, are likeable without having to look like something out of the cover of a lifestyle magazine. (2017.02.24)

Quite entertaining and wacky. Actually not a bad piece reminiscent of the Coen brothers at their best and craziest. And I must say that it’s great when someone makes a film following in their footsteps, which also manages to be fun. Melanie Lynskey and Elijah Wood are an entertaining duo of nutjobs, and a good fit for an equally crazy story. You won’t need to watch it more than once, but you will have a good time. (2020.05.14)