2024 · comedy · drama · crime
The Trouble with Jessica
Directed by Matt Winn1h 30m2024
Sarah and Tom are in terrible financial trouble. On the brink of losing everything, they’ve managed to find a buyer for their stylish London home. When their best friends Richard and Beth come round for a final dinner, an uninvited old friend, Jessica, tags along.
Our read: The Trouble with Jessica (2024) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded comedy · drama · crime entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold.
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- cold
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