Review of The Do-Deca-Pentathlon (2012) by Sarfaraz A — 07 Sep 2012
The Do-Deca-Pentathlon written, directed by Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass.
Jeremy and Mark devised a marathon competition called the Do-Deca-Pentathlon when they were teenagers. Both brothers now in their 30s are having bitter grudge for each other. Jeremy is married with caring wife and a son, whereas Mark lives by playing poker. Upon Jeremy's birthday party, hosted by his mother, Mark is invited too. The two recall a tie, and want to finish the game once and forever. There are 25 events making the 'tie' impossible; vis-à-vis holding-breath underwater, 5-K run, Ping-Pong, shooting hoops, leg-wrestling, laser tag, swimming, and arm-wrestling.
Beautiful idea! Watching this 'Mumblecore' film (although Duplass bros deny this term), one should be witnessing better realistic environment of regular days in someone's life. It has got off-and-on zoom-in shots. It not only focuses on Do-Deca, but also on two brothers' personal grudge against each other, because of their so-called differences over the event they played years ago and each one of the two thinks, he was the winner!!!
This review of The Do-Deca-Pentathlon (2012) was written by Sarfaraz A on 07 Sep 2012.
The Do-Deca-Pentathlon has generally received mixed reviews.
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