2017 · comedy · drama
Wilson
Directed by Craig Johnson1h 34m2017
Middle-aged and divorced, Wilson finds himself lonely, smug, and obsessed with his past.
Our read: Wilson (2017) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded comedy · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- brisk
- gentle
- intimate
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“You want abrasive cringe-comedy honesty about lonely middle-aged misfits reconnecting.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if unlikable awkward humor and pet loss will grate more than charm.
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