Fell, Jumped or Pushed

2016년 • 85분

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A romantic mockumentary that digs into the bizarre real-¬life disappearance of our director and lead’s (Todd Peters) grandfather Sgt. Elmo Warrick. Quirky characters, offbeat backdrops, and bastardization of reality TV meets early Christopher Guest.

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This is a seriously great movie. A movie in a movie. A very clever mock documentary it follows the earnest and hapless Todd (well played by Todd - Very meta) and his crew (Caroline Hall, Jeremy Rabb, Mark Boyett, and Blair Sams ) as they try to make a documentary celebrating strong women. Along the way a cynical and jaded filmmaker (Andre Belgrader) begins to make a documentary about Todd making his documentary and the movie slowly becomes something bigger than any of them could have envisioned. The acting is amazing - so real it is easy to forget you are watching a movie. It smart and funny and wonderfully awkward. I highly recommend it.

I loved this film. It's funny and heartbreaking and, above all, it's REAL--it doesn't fall into easy mockumentary clichés or sentimentality. What really sets it apart, though, is the consistently strong performance of the ensemble cast. I read in other reviews that the actors have a history together, and you can really see it. They have a wonderful chemistry that gives their interactions a real edge and authenticity. Time flew by for me watching this film. I was completely absorbed and invested in Todd's struggle. I hope this group makes another film together soon. I want more!

This clever little film features the hallmark of a good mockumentary: a solid ensemble of actors who create a vivid, zany crew of characters. In this case, they’re brought together to film a documentary that’s destined to change tracks -- if not go off the rails altogether -- as their amateur-but-earnest leader (Todd Peters) wades deeper into his own unfulfillment and his family’s unsolved mystery. And all of this is framed as a documentary-within-a-documentary directed by an Eastern European auteur (the inimitable Andrei Belgrader). This movie is well worth your viewing.