Monday, June 26, 2023

Jess Plus None

Jess Plus None, dir. Mandy Fabian, 2023, USA, 101 min. 💩
Tuesday, June 20, 3:30 pm, Castro + streaming encore

3 women outdoors
Jess Plus None
Jess Plus None is a formulaic and predictable story of a trainwreck of a person with no concept of boundaries attend­ing a wedding at a campground. The title character — I wouldn’t really say “protagonist” — has no discernible redeeming qualities. Throw in a few clichés, umm, I mean other characters, with Jess holding up a metaphorical mirror so they can see that they’re all broken, too, so they can all learn some Valuable Life Lessons, with a little gratuitous, culturally appropriative Native American spirituality thrown in as an afterthought. And with the exception of a precious few moments, it’s not even funny. Truly a movie that should not have been made. NOT recommended.

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