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"Victim but also murderer" muses George Meda (director Bill Gunn), in an early scene. This scene stuck with me throughout the rest of the film, which plays out in an ethereal dream-like manner, Director Gunn has crafted a hallucinatory brooding masterpiece, and as the end credits rolled I couldn't believe that people don't talk about this film more often than they do. This is an example of a film that truly feels like one person's singular vision onscreen, and it was truly a thought provoking and unique viewing experience. I can honestly say that I dont think I've ever seen a film quite like this one, and it remains criminally under seen.

Extremely happy that I finally got to see this. The humor in this film is, amongst other things, unbelievably funny, twisted, dark, and is the ultimate 'worst case' scenario. The film starts out with some cringe inducing awkwardness on par with some of the interactions on BBC's The Office, which quickly unfolds as coincidence after coincidence turn greg's in-laws to be, and eventually his fiancee herself, against him. Superficially the Hollywoodized remake preserves the basic plot idea, but gone is the relatability- Glienna as Greg is an everyman, and he not once tries to deceive, gone is the bite, Fay's final scene would be unheard of in a major Hollywood comedy, I believe, and most importantly gone is the character. This is a very unique film that I would put on par with Paul Bartel's Eating Raoul or Scenes From The Class Struggle in Beverly Hills. Also Emo Philips rules. Highly recommended.

Not a huge fan of Sandler on the whole, the last few films he's made has certainly not helped him either. But this is a whole other level of filmmaking, completely alien to his usual schtick. Howard is a real person, the character lives and breaths, every character does in fact. Have not been this heavily invested in what is happening in a film in a long time. Highly recommend going in completely blind with no plot details spoiled, so I'm not going to say a thing. What an actual transformation for a role.