06 August 2016

Mistake by the Lake

The Land

Crit
As in Cleve-.

Man, I was not far from opting for Jason Bourne instead of this; I loves me some Jason, but I'm glad I made the choice I made. A little more than a year ago, Dope made great comedy from the kids-in-over-their-heads-selling-Molly plot. This one, though it is not humorless, has little space for the back half of tragicomedy. Instead, the net we see being spun gets drawn in successively tighter, with predictably bleak results. It reminded me a lot of season 4 of The Wire, and that is high (no pun intended) praise indeed.

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