The Hollars (2016)

16 Aug 2016

silly humor
discriminating humor
physical comedy

emotional resonance

immersive atmosphere

acceptable suspense (developments predicted minutes before)
exceptional suspense (developments not predicted)

untraceable (natural) acting
noticeable acting


The story is a romantic comedy with few surprises, but the acting, e.g. the final crying scene with Richard Jenkins was quite moving, especially elevated given all the “fake” cries given before in contrast.

The humor and jokes were on point, and Charlie Day’s performance with pretty fitting.

It seems to me that Sharlto was having trouble keeping a straight face particularly in the earlier scenes.