***NEW CONTENT! added to "QUIRKY" on 4/4/21***
"The Intervention" (2016): "The Big Chill", Millennial style
1983's "The Big Chill" is one my all-time favorites. The chronicle of a bunch of free-livin', free-lovin' lads and lasses circa the late '60's currently coping with life in the cold, cruel world of adulthood is poignant, profound and funny as hell.
Fast forward about a third of a century and we are gifted with a similar story in the relationship dramedy "The Intervention". Only now the generation thrust under cultural microscope inspection is of the "Y" group, aka, millennials.
Just as in "Chill", these are complex, multi-faceted folks. And they are all being captured at widely divergent crossroads in their lives, uniformly vying with volatile challenges to their respective relationship status. The title refers to a collective effort to save a crumbling marriage. However, we quickly discover that the beleaguered hubby and wife are hardly the only ones ensnared in couples crisis among this flock of friends.
Everyone here is dead on their game, with damn fine performances delivered across the board. For my money, Cobie Smulders (TV's "How I Met Your Mother"), Melanie Lynskey ("I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore", another big personal fave flick) and Ben Schwartz ("Parks and Recreation" of the tube) really rock it in their respective roles.
I am admittedly an eternal sucker for an affective, and effective, ensemble effort.
As such, this gang in "The Intervention" instantly grabbed this guy from the get-go.
Go for it.
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