“All my films ultimately become place-specific. Funny Ha Ha didn’t have to be Boston—but once we were shooting it there, it became a very Boston movie.”
OBNOXIOUS CROWE-ING: ALOHA IS A LONG WAYS OFF, IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE
Most of the film is artlessly sunny and overlit to excess, looking like a cheap painting you might find for sale at a beachfront souvenir shop.
LIBERATING RESULTS: VISUALLY REPRESENTING HOW PEOPLE MEET
Bujalski has replaced the hallmarks of the genre with the verbal awkwardness and spiritual messiness of real life
A WELCOME SURPRISE
Jenny Slate’s Obvious Child is the abortion narrative cinema has been lacking
