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TEN (OKAY, EIGHT) BURNING QUESTIONS: Julia Solomonoff’s NOBODY’S WATCHING

By Miguel Cima 9 years ago

Perhaps the best breakout comedy movie from the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival is a Capra-esque gem called Nobody’s Watching. It’s a smartly-executed work which captures powerful and authentic emotions, whose laughs are not throwaway and cheap, but based in real sadness and approached with great reverence.

Theatrical Reviews

TRIBECA 2017 REVIEWS: Julia Solomonoff's NOBODY'S WATCHING sidesteps escapist gags or Oscar-hounding histrionics, delivering subtle realism, patiently uncomfortable scenes, and a whole lot of empathy

By Miguel Cima 9 years ago

What could have easily have gone off the rails as a series of zany low-grade sitcom vignettes settles in as a restrained effort relying on quieter moments of experience showing (rather than dialogue explaining) both the laughs and the tears. Refusing to play it safe, there’s a lot of tough scenes between the lighter fare, including some stark and belligerent sexual encounters.