Directed by Josh Safdie — Screenplay by Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie.
The intensity and anxiety that the Safdie brothers tapped into when creating their breakthrough features Good Time and Uncut Gems is not easily replicated. The Safdies burst onto the scene with a clear sense of style, storytelling, and ability to foster great leading performances. They not only furthered the reputations of Robert Pattinson and Adam Sandler with those two equally electric films, but they also managed to have the anxieties of their films’ protagonists leap off the screen and affect their viewers. So, when the brothers — Benny and Josh — split up to pursue filmmaking careers as solo-directors, one of the big questions that their ‘break-up’ left you with was whether or not they, on their own, could recapture the same lightning-in-a-bottle concoction that they had successfully conjured into existence together. Josh Safdie’s first solo effort since their recent split is Marty Supreme, a critically acclaimed genre-blended sports film that earned the cast and crew recognition from awards bodies far and wide. But is the film actually as good as its reputation and the intense marketing that its leading man helped promote? Well, before I get into it later in my review, I’ll say this: it certainly packs a spark of energy, which I found to be quite effective. It’s certainly a unique sports film.
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