Review of Tangerine (2015) by Anthony B — 17 Jul 2015
If you?ve ever fantasized about shooting a full-length movie with your iPhone, you should check out ?Tangerine.? Director/editor/co-cinematographer/co-writer Sean Baker?s movie about transsexual working girls on the deserted sidewalks of Hollywood was considered good enough to be featured at Sundance.
It?s Christmas eve at Donut Time, but for Sindee (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) and her friend Alexandra (Myra Taylor), it?s just another night, until Alex lets slip that her pimp boyfriend cheated on her while she was briefly behind bars.
But not just with anyone: with a white female sex worker. Furious to find this woman, she goes on a rampage, taking us on a tour of her marginalized world. Meanwhile we follow an Armenian cab driver as he juggles to keep his sordid secrets from his old-country family.
His worst nightmare is realized in a hilarious denouement at Donut Time.
This review of Tangerine (2015) was written by Anthony B on 17 Jul 2015.
Tangerine has generally received very positive reviews.
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