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The comedy film of Rick Alverson, is starring Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, James Murphy. This has no clear narration, instead showing individual scenes of Swanson's behavior as his talent. Swanson is a wanderer who lives in a boat. He and pal always imitate strangers they meet up
This is a lacerating portrait of the sort of narcissistic self-loathing that has kept educated, economically comfortable young people from achieving their true potential, from Benjamin Braddock to Hannah Horvath.
If you can discern any critical distance or interesting perspective here, or even a good reason to spend 90 minutes in such company, I'm afraid the joke is on you.
November 15, 2012
Film Comment Magazine
While this could have been the perfect portrait of a certain kind of idiot, the baroque cruelties and tonal monotony go too far.
Champions what it appears to mock and indicts what it appears to glorify.
January 24, 2013
Quickflix
As a portrait of a generation that's almost collectively sociopathic, this is frightening. For the right audience it's also damn funny. If I wasn't so emotionally stunted and able to enjoy things unironically I'd say I loved it.