2015 · drama · comedy
Tangerine (2015)
Directed by Sean Baker1h 27m2015
It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.
Our read: Tangerine (2015) (2015) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded drama · comedy entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, breathless, measured drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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