2017 · comedy · crime
The House
Directed by Andrew J. Cohen1h 28m2017
When Scott and Kate Johansen’s daughter gets into the college of her dreams it’s cause for celebration. That is, until Scott and Kate learn that the scholarship they were counting on didn’t come through, and they’re now on the hook for tuition they can’t begin to afford. With the help of their friend and neighbor Frank also in need of a major payday they decide to open an illegal casino in his suburban house, risking everything together on a Vegas-style bacchanal where money flows, inhibitions are checked at the door, and all bets are off.
Our read: The House (2017) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded comedy · crime entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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“You want raunchy suburban adults comedy with Ferrell and Poehler.”
Skip it tonight — Weak jokes and gambling chaos sound exhausting, not fun.
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