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| Review by Todd Sokolove |
Although I was able to check out a ton of great features and documentaries while there, I'm glad some of the best of the fest is finally making wider release.
One of these is hitting theaters tomorrow and currently available On Demand – Drinking Buddies from writer/producer/director/actor Joe Swanberg (LOL, V/H/S).
Swanberg admits inspiration from comedies of the early 70s, like Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, but I would also throw in there Carnal Knowledge.
This is elephant-in-the-room relationship territory, where every facial gesture, body language and unspoken remark leaves a little mark. Alcohol is a frequent collaborator in Drinking Buddies, without a message for or against reliance on it.
This is elephant-in-the-room relationship territory, where every facial gesture, body language and unspoken remark leaves a little mark. Alcohol is a frequent collaborator in Drinking Buddies, without a message for or against reliance on it.
Olivia Wilde (Tron: Legacy) plays the free-spirited, but deeply
conflicted Kate, the token female player in a successful craft brewery.
She gets along well with the guys at work, and hangs with them after
hours for a few pints and pool games before heading to the apartment of
her boyfriend Chris, played by Ron Livingston (The Conjuring).
Kate is the quintessential fun co-worker, and puts on her professional, mature side only when need be (like, when around the very serious, kind of pretentious Chris).