Lake George

AroView: The kind of laid back, existential crime comedy that is just begging to be discovered, much like the acting talents of its leading pair - Shea Whigham plays a down-at-heel ex-con whose been hired as an extremely unlikely hitman, while Carrie Coon (The White Lotus S3) plays the target, a street smart former-girlfriend of a crime boss who is not above treachery.

There might be as many holes in the plot as there are bullet wounds along the way, but the dialogue is firmly boiled and dryly funny and, under sure direction, the actors find their own delightful rhythm playing against captive-and-captor clichés.

“This is a story with numerous stinging ironies, albeit one told in a refreshingly nuanced, non-hyperbolic fashion that pays off very nicely indeed.” ~Dennis Harvey, Variety

“It’s Coon’s charming performance of the eccentric victim-to-be that brings the film, written and directed by Jeffrey Reiner, into fuller focus as a crime comedy.” ~Brandon Yu, The New York Times

“Do stars Shea Whigham and Carrie Coon manage to make the material feel both fresh and engaging? Yes.” ~Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter