On Baghead



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There have been a lot of reviews of Baghead, starring indie darling Greta Gerwig -- some positive, some negative; all highly opinionated -- but this one seems the most coherent and well argued. From Indiewire:

"A refreshingly high-concept low-budget outing, the Duplass Brothers' 'Baghead' is an immensely likable and surprisingly well-executed genre hybrid. The difficulty one finds in trying to categorize it is part of its charm, and this is not just whether one sees it as horror, comedy, or relationship roundelay but also how one defines and compartmentalizes its aesthetic: 'Baghead''s makers and at least one of its stars may have crawled out from under the 'mumble'-corps, but its adherence to a somewhat conventional narrative framework successfully contorts and expands the boundaries of what that short-lived almost-collective of filmmakers were after. And furthermore, and of greater significance, it smartly proves that it only takes the slightest, smartest tweaks to temporarily revitalize an entire genre.

Cinematical also gives the film the thumbs up. More here.