Izzy Gets the F... Across Town

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mark A @RT47921496 Apr 15 Ok, very quirky story line, but I like that and I just have to say acting acting acting...! if you ever met someone who could act like Mackenzie does in this ... you would never know if you were getting the real Mackenzie or the role... just freaking amazing! and lots of fun and turmoil, just like real life... This is an overall story about growth of ones self, but quite a trip along the way! See more Sean M @RT90866493 04/04/2023 Held my attention the whole way through. Great performance by the lead actress. See more Kevin L @Lakeman 03/16/2022 This is some good, harmless fun. I've been a Mackenzie Davis fan since 'Halt and Catch Fire'. She's a 'hot mess' (as the kids used to say) here; or at least Izzy sure is. It's very slapdash, not at all 'meta' (thank you!), and has some genuinely funny bits. Haley Joel Osment, the wonderful Annie Potts, Alia Shawkat and Sarah Goldberg are all good. Carrie Coon not only shows again her fine acting skills, but along with Davis, she does some damn fine singing. There's the random Rob Heubel sighting, too. But Lakeith Stanfield is wasted here. Give that man a role he can chew on. Made for an easy day at the movies. 3 stars for one of those low-budget rand-os you're happy to watch once now and then. See more l g @bearcrkrd 02/25/2021 first watch tonight. can't say when a second watch is coming. not saying it wasn't good. it was. recommend See more 02/03/2019 Quirky. Scarily relatable. Unpredictable. LOVE IT ï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2ï¿ 1/2 1/2ï¿ 1/2Â?ï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2ï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2ï¿ 1/2 1/2ï¿ 1/2Â? See more reuben m @RT57430556 11/05/2018 This a tough movie to describe. The PLOT is that Izzy is trying to get across LA, despite having very limited access to transportation, to break up the engagement of her ex-boyfriend to her best friend (or, I guess, former best friend). Izzy has limited coping skills, so we see her drifting in a very non-lineal way. She has no real job or money, so sleeps on a friends couch (and the friend's husband wants her OUT!), her car is broken and she can't really afford to get it fixed anyway. She gets access to a bike, but even then her journey is interrupted by sidebar characters, and eventually an extended visit to her sister, who is older, more settled and after years of putting up with Izzy's lack of getting a life...more than a little unhappy with little sis. Finally, Izzy gets the meeting she craves, and as only she can do, she both wins and loses. The plot is almost beside the point. The fun of the film, if you're willing to go with it, rests with: 1) Mackenzie Davis' (HALT AND CATCH FIRE, TULLY) fully committed portrayal of this commitment-phobic young lady. She's intelligent but deeply disinterested in learning how to "deal" with life and its challenges. She's charming but self-centered. She's creative but shockingly uninventive with her coping skills. She'd be VERY easy to deeply dislike (especially from someone like me, a 54 year old man who has little sympathy for a 20-something being afraid to start being an adult)...but Davis juggles this character wonderfully. I'd say it was a star-making performance, but no one is watching this film, which is a bit of a shame. 2) A wildly eclectic set of supporting actors, most of whom appear in a tiny handful of scenes. My favorite is Carrie Coons (as the sister)...because she's one of the 5 best actors working today. She makes EVERYTHING she does pop with intelligence, humor and anger. But you've also got Alia Shawkat (ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT), Lakeith Stanfield, Rob Huebbel, Annie Potts (when was the last time I saw HER in anything) and in a delightfully odd performance, Haley Joel Osment. Just seeing these folks drift in and out of this film makes it a fun journey. In the end, the film might (or might not) be trying to say something about the difficulties of "adulting" in our day and age. Or about how obsessing over a relationship, even one that's CLEARLY troubled, can stunt our growth and keep us from tackling even the most basic things we need to do. That no matter how smart you are, it's easy to make really dumb romantic choices. For me, though, it was just a fun, rambling, ambling story with fun actors doing and saying mildly funny things, all with a VERY slight bittersweetness hanging over it all. The ending is both frustrating and perfect. And above all, Mackenzie Davis delivers the goods and is an exciting talent. (She was very engaging in the recent TULLY and interesting to look at in the recent BLADE RUNNER sequel.) It's certainly worth a look! See more Read all reviews

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