Joshy – Ein voll geiles Wochenende (2016)

Joshy – Ein voll geiles Wochenende: Directed by Jeff Baena. With Thomas Middleditch, Adam Pally, Alex Ross Perry, Nick Kroll. Joshy’s fiancée kills herself. 4 months later, Joshy’s friends hope to cheer him up at the cabin in Ojai, CA, rented for his bachelor party weekend. Starting at the local bar, things get wild.

“The brief summary given about this story creates a different idea in ones head than what the movie actually delivers. And what the movie offers is a story of four complex guys that have come together to help Joshy get past his depression over the death of his fiancé. And as the weekend of trying to have fun evolves we learn that Joshy is just one of the guys having his own problem. Each one must deal with his own emotional self and girlfriend relationship disappointments.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eJoshy must deal with the death of his girlfriend, Ari questions his marriage, Alex gets dumped by his girlfriend of ten years, Eric has commitment issues, and Greg canu0026#39;t seem to find a girlfriend. Each character keeps his feelings bottled up except Alex who tries to rationalize his feelings and is willing to talk to anyone who will listen.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe term u0026#39;male bondingu0026#39; has been used to describe this movie but I believe it has nothing to do with bonding. Four of the five are close friends from the start and Greg was the u0026#39;guy who came along for the funu0026#39;. The story is actually about trying to avoid the issues at hand through booze, drugs, and strippers! Then near the end the five are forced by circumstance to come to terms with themselves and deal with life as best as one can.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is a talky movie and each actor does an excellent job at being the character they were cast to be. My favorite was Ari u0026amp; Jodi – they seemed so perfect together as a couple. Director/writer: Jeff Baena succeeds in creating a story of what life is like more-so in reality than what we want it to be.”