The pace of observation is furious, and even simple plot points are crosshatched with micro-incidents, asides, and gestures that overflow the boundaries of a screenplay and spill out into life at large.
—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
Their conversation would often go off the rails thanks to humous asides and stories.
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