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- 2018
- Shout! Studios
- 1 h 26 m
- 2018
- Shout! Studios
- 1 h 26 m
Summary Riot grrrl rocker and shameless hot mess Izzy wakes up hungover AF to find out that her ex-boyfriend is celebrating his engagement to her ex-best friend tonight at a bougie party across town. Enraged and desperate, Izzy embarks on a frenetic quest across Los Angeles to break up the party in order to fulfill what she believes to be her de...
Directed By: Christian Papierniak
Written By: Christian Papierniak
- 2018
- Shout! Studios
- 1 h 26 m
- 2018
- Shout! Studios
- 1 h 26 m
Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
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7.7
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Summary Riot grrrl rocker and shameless hot mess Izzy wakes up hungover AF to find out that her ex-boyfriend is celebrating his engagement to her ex-best friend tonight at a bougie party across town. Enraged and desperate, Izzy embarks on a frenetic quest across Los Angeles to break up the party in order to fulfill what she believes to be her de...
Directed By: Christian Papierniak
Written By: Christian Papierniak
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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44% Positive
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8 Reviews
28% Mixed
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5 Reviews
28% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
51
44% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
28% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
28% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Izzy Gets The F*ck Across Town is as delightfully offbeat as the title suggests, with an engaging and heartfelt story. Smartly written with stellar acting and deft direction, this hilarious movie demands to be seen as soon as possible.
Davis seems to be down for whatever develops...playing Izzy with energetic animation as she bounces from one manic situation to the next. Osment and Shawkat make the most of their brief, amusingly awkward scenes, while Coon's attempts to behave like an actual adult are skillfully undone by Izzy's determined disorderliness.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 User Ratings
7.7
80% Positive
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0% Mixed
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20% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 User Ratings
7.7
80% Positive
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
0% Mixed
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0 Ratings
20% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
A bit Run, Lola, Run for the Los Feliz hipster set, Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town has more depth and heart than the title and poster may indicate. It's a rare gem: a drama with clear stakes and legitimate laughs. Especially keep an eye out for Carrie Coon to steal the show and be involved in a shockingly powerful acoustic musical number. Mackenzie Davis remains the most under-rated actor of her generation.
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This movie was on the money - Mackenzie Davis is unbelievable. The writing was funny, sharp, the directing was excellent - there's a really cool lighting trick in a bathroom scene that I dug. Stylistically aggressive, not everyone's thing, I love that.
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It helps that Davis is insanely charismatic onscreen, but her ability to showcase the vulnerability and scar tissue beneath this human embodiment of an extended middle finger gives the movie a semblance of depth.
The film is about being overwhelmed by Los Angeles, its sprawling indifference, but also about finding your place in it — and even, at times, its welcoming warmth.
It’s all mighty existential and interesting, yet the introduction of this heady topic acts as prelude to a rather bizarre, if dark, comedic situation. The timing, like everything in this movie, is a little off-kilter.
The only thing less satisfying than the build-up is the finale, which goes from mind-boggling to you’ve got to be kidding me.
The self-serious meditations on fate and responsibility — as well as the uneven but ever-charged flare-ups between Izzy and whoever she’s talking to — recall exercises in an acting class. By the end, we understand her motivations and recent biography, but precious little about who she is as a person.
Outstanding film. Great cast and great music. Funny that the writer/director spoke at a panel tonight and finished by asking that people trudge over to Rotten Tomatoes to talk up the film. Screw that! They don't do crap for independent film. This site has always done better by the indies.
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Fun cast all around. A funny modern twist on a timelessness story of love, loss and growth. A real grounded interpretation of the protagonists struggle and how the past effects the present. Having the courage to overcome and eventually see the future you desire and keeping a good buzz while going through it all.
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Big fan of Riotgrrrl - Bikini Kill, etc. - and think Mac Davis captured the spirit effectively. Carrie Coon does a really nice job as her sister. Special mention of Sheldon Bailey who is incredibly good in a small part as Mac's roommate's BF. Great to see truly independent films like this are still being made.
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Awards
Tacoma Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Napa Valley Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Miami Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
