This movie is the standard David Mamet formula in a fun, small-town comedy. It’s sufficiently interesting and fairly funny, but best of all it doesn’t overstay its welcome.
Closest comparison: It’s like The Holiday by way of The Spanish Prisoner.
Setting: Small Town Drama
Plot: Comedy of Errors
Tone: Slow-burn Comedy
This movie is a slow but competent thriller centering around sound recording that has a few good scenes of tension. The plot ambles around distractedly, manages an explosive but jumbled discovery, then wanders off aimlessly. The core conceit is well executed, if a bit long and redundant in the protagonist’s search for clarity, but he doesn’t have nearly as much character depth as the film seems to think he does, so the ending falls flat.
Content warning: brief female nudity
Closest comparison: It’s like Blow Out by way of Taxi Driver.
Setting: Corporate Drama
Plot: Corporate Espionage
Tone: Depressed Thriller
