Terry cares for his injured nephew, a 19-year-old Moroccan model, in strict quarantine at his ex-husband's Brooklyn home, drawing attention from everyone in his life.
Stress Positions is directed by Theda Hammel which is her directorial debut.
I got to say I was not expecting to really like another COVID-19 era film so soon, usually there's one great one that comes out of a small batch. The Listener I quite liked even if it did not reach it's full potential and the same can be said for Stress Positions.
John Early gives a very fun performance here and is doing some incredible face acting as well, which I would argue actually makes the movie much more memorable. Theda Hammel is also in the film while also being one of the writers, is the director, one of the editors and does the music for the film. She gives a quite strong performance as well and is quite charming as well, the film mostly focuses on building and exploring these characters plus what their backgrounds are.
It's the everyone has a story type of deal which works in this case due to Hammels direction that while does drastically switch in tone at times, still comes off as genuine and earnest in the film's messaging. The humor is bizarre and I say that in a good way, as it does land some genuinely great laughs. It's the type of chaotic humor that has so much fun energy to it that you just want to keep seeing more and more.
Stress Positions is at its weakest when it tries to play serious, immediately what comes to mind is the voiceover that is used (mostly during the first act). The voiceover itself is not necessarily bad it's with the context of the rest of the movie, a lot of the movie as I said before is this bizarre humor that is genuinely a lot of fun. The narration does do a few things that are quite interesting and meaningful during the third act, but unfortunately doesn't go all the way with said ideas.
Having that said I did have a fun time with Stress Positions it's a fun and bizarre movie that is not going to be everyone's cup of tea (especially with the humor) but if you are looking for something a bit different this is a decent choice!
Stress Positions is available on all VOD Platforms.
7/10 B
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