Sennott’s bawdy, chill-girl persona and Kate Berlant–like physicality are a perfect match for the unpretentiousness of SXSW.
. That last one is how Sennott’s character, a wry, Toronto-based 20-something named Sam, might describe herself, though really she prefers distinctions such as. Sam’s true calling is stand-up comedy, hence the material she’s enumerating by way of her skin. She landed an enviable set at a Montreal festival, but a person still needs a steady revenue stream.
That’s when 14-year-old Brooke comes in — and when Sam’s life gets complicated. The movie, which premiered this week at South by Southwest, features Sennott’s most ambitious role to date, in a shape-shifting indie that’s sometimes hilarious and sometimes harrowing. Sam takes a job supervising a reluctant Brooke , who is processing her mother’s terminal illness and contending with a father readying himself for the realities of single-parenthood.
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