Review of Relaxer (2019) by Cinemacrush — 09 Jul 2019
Oh yes, Joel Potrykus is back! Odds are, if you're reading this, you're either already a Joel fan OR you saw it on some streaming service and are here to check out what others thought. This is definitely a gift for Joel fans.
We see him taking a break already from the last fare of indie-fried horror-surrealism and dark comedy with the also great 'The Alchemist Cookbook'. With 'Relaxer' Potrykus returns and could make what one might call a surrealist cap to a trilogy, with Joshua Burge back, who we know so well from 'Buzzard' and 'Ape'.
This time, throw a little more production and polish it up. Potrykus has really honed his talents with 'the Alchemist Cookbook' and with Oscilloscope Labs behind it, 'Relaxer' takes the great 90s for-better-or-worse throwback (and it's the 90s people, let's face it.
It was a dark time) direction again, and nails it! Set right at y2k. You don't get any more fear-mongery than y2k when it comes to the 90s. I'll put a disclaimer: If the two words 'art' and 'film' don't look right together for you, this probably isn't your movie.
And if you're already a Joel fan, buckle up, for another crazy trip.
This review of Relaxer (2019) was written by Cinemacrush on 09 Jul 2019.
Relaxer has generally received positive reviews.
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