Robert Jabbaz's debut feature film, The Sadness, takes place in the midst of a pandemic. In particular, it takes place during a point in a pandemic where people have stopped worrying about mutations and have largely gone back to their normal day-to-days. Against this backdrop, young couple Kat (Regina Lei) and Jim (Berant Zhu) have planned a vacation. They begin the movie arguing over Jim needing to take on a job during the same week Kat has taken time off of work. Given where this film eventually goes, it is a somewhat banal place to begin the film.

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Alex Brannan | August 21, 2021 at 10:30 pm | Tags: 2021, Fantasia Festival, horror film, movie review, pandemic, Regina Lei, The Sadness | Categories: Action/Thriller, All Movie Reviews, Horror, Leave it, Long Reviews (>400 Words) | URL: https://wp.me/p5EQnP-3uR
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