Writer-director-stars Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe's feature debut “Greener Grass” was made to find a cult following; it deserves one.
as a “Tim & Eric"-style Adult Swim sketch series might give you an idea of the aggressively strange tone writer-director-stars Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe bring to their debut feature.
DeBoer’s Jill is the one who hands over her baby girl, Madison, to frenemy neighbor Lisa , and spends the next 90-plus minutes filled with a mix of regret, resignation and downright panic. But Lisa changing the girl’s name to Paige and proudly raising her as her own is only the beginning of the deadpan twists the filmmakers layer into this unpredictable social satire.
The anonymous suburb where “Greener Grass” unfolds is a place where residents drive golf carts instead of cars, children randomly transform into pets, husbands get hooked on drinking pool water, a woman divorces her husband just because her friends tell her to, and everyone lives in fear of a maniacal stalker who murdered a grocery clerk. Not every joke lands, and despite an admirable storytelling momentum the characters inevitably get lost underneath all the quirkiness.
With a strong supporting cast including Beck Bennett and D’Arcy Carden , and unusually polished production values , “Greener Grass” is a movie that’s not only immediately destined for cult status — it’s the rare movie that truly earns it.
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