Summary: A young woman spends her evening sending out self tapes in the hopes of getting work in the industry.
In many senses this is an industry film, that is not to say you wouldn’t like it if you don’t have industry experience, but it is to say that you would gleam more from it by having been part of the machine. The relatability of the protagonist her struggle, her wanting to be part of it, her persistence all rings more true if you have experienced it yourself.
I thought the film was one of the rare sort of films that work as a comedy and as a drama, as there were moments of comedy that land in a real human way, but also the struggles and the self doubt come across as earnest. It would have been very easy for these struggles to just feel generic or cookie cutter but there is enough personalisation to it that it comes across as genuine and again relatable.
Relatable is the key word I would use to describe this film above all others.
I think the found footage style helped add a little flair of the different to this film and helped set it apart as a framing device and that it was used to great effect. I would say there are a couple of moments where the use of found footage is slightly limiting in terms of storytelling, but that is a formatting trade off ultimately.
Overall, a painfully earnest film that also has some sparkling comedic moments.
4/5
The earnest elements
The found footage angle
The comedy
The relatability
Cons.
Slightly format constraints
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