On the Count of Three
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
Heavy, kinetic, measured comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →Val has reached a place where he feels the only way out is to end things. But he considers himself a bit of a failure—his effectiveness lacking—so he figures he could use some help. As luck would have it, Val’s best friend, Kevin, is recovering from a failed suicide attempt, so he seems like the perfect partner for executing this double suicide plan. But before they go, they have some unfinished business to attend to.
Our read · On the Count of Three (2022) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded comedy · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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