Review of The Overnight (2015) by Ydnar4 — 08 Sep 2015

I’m still not sure if I’m a fan of the Duplass brothers yet. Their films are almost always in the comedy genre but I never manage to find them very funny. I really enjoyed Jeff, Who Lives at Home but because of its story not its comedy. I found that this movie was sort of like that as well because even though the film was marketed as a comedy it really didn’t feel that funny. The brothers and Patrick Brice really craft an interesting story with this film with a very small budget of only 200,000 dollars. This story is very well written and it has lots of shock value and it is very unpredictable.

There are great performances from the four main stars which are the only characters in the film that really matter. I was particularly impressed by Scott and Schwartzman specifically. I have always enjoyed Adam Scott and I found him really funny on Parks and Recreation and Schwartzman is a guy that I will have to check out in more movies because he did a hell of a job here.

The Overnight is just a great indie film that is well acted, well directed, and well written. I recommend it.