Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town (2017)

Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town: Directed by Christian Papierniak. With Mackenzie Davis, Dolly Wells, Alex Russell, LaKeith Stanfield. A woman at rock bottom must find her way across Los Angeles in order to crash her ex-boyfriend’s engagement party.

“I shouldnu0026#39;t be surprised by the reaction to this film, in a time when indie films have to be brutally realistic, or feature decayed characters, or have scenery gnashing performances to make a mark. There canu0026#39;t just be chaotic, sweet little movies made about someoneu0026#39;s ordinary life, someoneu0026#39;s annoying, trashed, tender youth – if they donu0026#39;t make a profound statement about life.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut these little movies always seem to have startlingly true moments, stunningly real feelings. Theyu0026#39;re not throbbingly stylish or cinematic, so they let their characters come through, sometimes with painful honesty – Izzy manages to be a crashing fail, and at the same time, her experience of the pain of first, and long-lasting love is like a honeycomb crushed in a fist.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSheu0026#39;s dirty, wild, funny, lazy – but look at how she folds down onto the bathroom floor and doesnu0026#39;t cry, but lets out this half scream, half moan as the person sheu0026#39;s built so much of herself in has just walked away. Watch how she looks at her embittered sister who she used to be so close to, while they sing a song they put so much of their youth and essence into. Thereu0026#39;s love, thereu0026#39;s fear, shame, longing – but thereu0026#39;s still that dazzle of hope in her eyes. Sheu0026#39;s still young, and she hasnu0026#39;t been crushed into uniformity yet.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHow can you not feel the truth of this? The fine line between hope and fantasy is a tightrope she walks the entire time. Is what she wants beautiful from afar, but up close, when it opens its mouth, is it just ridiculous? What is the fate sheu0026#39;s going to make, if she decides to let go of the one sheu0026#39;s been hitching her heart to half of her life? I wish I couldu0026#39;ve stayed with her longer to find out.”