2021 · comedy · crime · drama
Zola
Directed by Janicza Bravo1h 26m2021
A waitress agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and domineering roommate on a road trip to Florida to seek their fortune at a high-end strip club.
Our read: Zola (2021) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive comedy · crime · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured comedy / crime, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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