Movie Review Other People 2016 Sundance

A sensitive look at a man's long goodbye to his dying mother, Chris Kelly's Other People understands that even primal grief and fear can't always squeeze out mundane self-obsession. Ably playing the loving son, a comedy writer quietly worrying that his life is falling apart even without having Mom's cancer in the picture, Jesse Plemons delivers on the promise he has shown in so many supporting roles since his Friday Night Lights breakthrough; Molly Shannon, making a terminally-ill two-fer after last year's similarly themed Sundance gem Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, shoulders a heavy dramatic load gracefully. Funny enough to help viewers cope with its downer theme but certainly not an outright comedy, the debut has a reasonably broad appeal and leaves little doubt that Kelly, a vet of SNL and short-form comedy films, can handle himself on the big screen.

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Rating - 3 / 5 - Genuinely Funny

Production companies: Park Pictures, Gettin' Rad Productions

Cast: Jesse Plemons, Molly Shannon, Bradley Whitford, Maude

Apatow, Madisen Beaty, John Early, Zach Woods, Paul Dooley, June Squibb

Director-Screenwriter: Chris Kelly

Producers: Adam Scott, Naomi Scott, Sam Bisbee

Executive producers: Lance Acord, Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Cathleen Ihasz, Nicole Ihasz, David Ryan, Hunter Ryan, Richard J. Bosner, Stephanie Apt

Director of photography: Brian Burgoyne

Production designer: Tracy Dishman

Costume designer: Kerry Hennessy  

Editor: Patrick Colman

Composer: Julian Wass

Casting director: Allison Jones

Venue: Sundance Film Festival (U.S. Dramatic Competition)

Sales: WME

96 minutes