The Mountain
By Paul Weissman July 25, 2019
A deeply disturbing film with a cast firing on all cylinders.
A deeply disturbing film with a cast firing on all cylinders.
A movie built around a critique of toxic masculinity so obvious it could have been written by an algorithm.
The film takes enormous risks, not the least of which is its open and unabashed appeal to the heart.
John Lithgow plays a man who fears a nuclear doomsday and so maintains a state of the art food bunker.
In less than 10 minutes, a few vignettes are enough to depict an insightful character study.
This may be the first film since the advent of Grubhub and Seamless to portray the workers on the other end of the app. It does that and much more.
The film asks, what it is like to be black while partying with a bunch of rambunctious, slightly nerdy, but definitely drunk white dudes?
This daring and thought-provoking comedy-drama centers on something decidedly unsexy yet vital: the act of community-building.
Regina Hall stars as a manager at Double Whammies, a Hooters-style exurban watering hole where a mostly male clientele laps up beer, breasts, and big-screen TV.