Greener Grass

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So refreshingly weird , upbeat , and candy coloured , the score is amazingly apt too,,,,if you're super straight you'll hate it hahahaha, John Waters would love this and it's made me put "Pillow Talk" {1959} and Polyester (1981) on my must watch again list, so glad films like this are being done

Actors, writers and directors Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe collaborated with this black comedy set in suburbia where adults has peculiar habits and wear braces over their straight teeth. During a recent Q/A session, DeBoer and Luebbe explained that the story came from their short film, "Greener Grass" and worked on a low budget. They said that films of David Lynch, John Waters and 1960s and 1970s landscape photography was an influence. Visually the film is reminiscent of 1980s fashion aesthetics and seems like an infomercials from the 1990s. Both actors initially met in New York with the comedy team, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.

Conform and make sure your super duper nice all the time. It's the Millenials mantra gone mad. Golf cart living, gated community, non-attention seekers. It's kinda hilarious what extreme will be taken just by offering and excepting.

Colorful, awkward, bizarre, dreamlike... this is one of the most unusual comedies I've seen in a long while. Taking a close look at the artificiality of suburbia and the approval-seeking desires of modern culture, Jocelyn DeBoer & Dawn Luebbe turn the world sideways while keeping a sense of humor about it all. All characters are flawed in one way or another, revealing their inconsistencies and lack of permanence through a series of scenes that are as absurd as they are disturbing. The crux of the story starts early with one mother giving away her baby to another mother out of a sense of societal guilt and a desire to please. This starts a string of events that take apart several families, as each criticizes the other in the most polite ways possible, feigning concern while making benignly vicious comments. That it all seems so colorfully happy is a testament to the writers and the overall direction of the movie. The Kafka-esque transition of a non-conforming child into the family dog is a brilliant vehicle, as the father enthuses over how much better the child is as a dog, how much better he is at sports, &c. The reflection on modern society, our values and our priorities, glares through the sunshine and perfect teeth. One commentator here suggests that the movie feels like a series of short skits, which is both accurate but missing the point: each of these moments contribute to the fractured tapestry of this neighborhood and eventually tie together; when the baby-lending mother rips her braces from her teeth while losing everything you see the real message of the movie: conform or be ostracized. Brilliant.

Weirdest movie of all-time. I have never been more sure of a claim in my entire life. FANTASTIC NONETHELESS!

This film start with a mother "Jill" watching her son playing soccer, and she give away her baby daughter to her friend "Lisa" scene! As turnout, this film is about Jill desperately want to possess a child, after her son turn into a dog, and she can't get back her baby daughter! Entire film full of slow motion close-up facial scene! Make the film unwatchable! The overuse of the disgusting scene also, make the film too bored to watch! Such as, kissing until saliva come out! The food throw on the floor, but still eating it! A mother in the footage spit at the baby's food, but still feeding the baby with the food! At the end, Jill adopt a colored daughter and watching the soccer game! That's it! Another super boring film!

I don't know on what kind of drugs where director of this crap when he/her was shooting this movie. It's a disaster and waste of time...

Excellent movie, glad to see it is not comic. For their first release authors deserved 10 out of 10. Directing and acting is of Dogville fame. Folks, if you are gonna watch this movie don't leave your brains behind. I am looking forward for their next release.

I like the offbeat comezy of this. It has noticable faces acting in this. Quirky writing but enjoyable. Some parts had me laughing so hard. It reminds me of an episode of Documentary Now or some cynically hilarious SNL skit.