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Funny Face

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Origin Story. A young Muslim woman runs away from her aunt and uncle's house desperate for a new life, but quickly finds that she must survive on the street. A disturbed young man from Coney Island dons the menacing "Funny Face" mask, transforming himself into a makeshift superhero with a rage disorder as he seeks revenge on the Real Estate Developer of a soulless high rise that has displaced his grandparents. Misfit avengers in a changing city, the two embark on a neighborhood odyssey that brings danger, love, and tragedy. And pickles.

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Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com 04/02/2021
2/4
The director's gifted collaborators sometimes perk up this listless parable, but never enough to sell its second-hand fatalism. Go to Full Review Ignatiy Vishnevetsky AV Club 04/02/2021
C+
In Funny Face, [Sutton] puts everything in movie-movie-ish scare quotes-a self-defeating approach for a paean to urban authenticity. Go to Full Review Chris Barsanti Slant Magazine 03/28/2021
3/4
Tim Sutton is a deft cartographer of how environments can shape its inhabitants. Go to Full Review Josh Parham Next Best Picture 06/05/2022
4/10
The storytelling moves at a listless pace and never finds one invested in any of the stakes or motivations. Go to Full Review M.G. Mailloux In Review Online 06/06/2021
Funny Face can be appealing in the moments where it luxuriates in mood and the South Brooklyn landscape, but ... too often punctured by stabs at explicit (shallow) commentary. Go to Full Review Yago Paris El antepenúltimo mohicano 04/15/2021
2/5
Ultimately the tonal mismatches destroy Tim Sutton's best ideas. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Jerod S @jeroduptown Jun 19 Jarvis is gifted - but Funny Face doesn't give him much to do. Combining his mask-wearing vigilantism and her suppressed parent-less life somehow works here and there...but it goes nowhere. See more 04/10/2021 Dumpster fire bad! Even worse. Nomadland bad! Worse movie I've ever watched. Wife asked me to turn off after first 5 minutes. Constant filming of nothing. Walking. Staring. Laying down. Sitting. No dialogue. Just constant B roll worthy effort. What a waste of life. Skip this one the reviews are a complete lie. See more 04/01/2021 it looks a little funny See more 04/01/2021 To call this a film, let alone a good one, is an insult to cinema and an even bigger insult to art house/independent films. This is my first review on RT and I made this account specifically for this film. BEWARE. The title and the brief synopsis spell tension. Thriller. Excitement. Slow burn even. Well surprise, there is none of any of it. This is supposed to be a revenge flick but no one is ever killed, hurt, or even inflicted with an harm whatsoever. A 90min borefest. The awful one note score/music will drive you mad. The pointless overextended camera scenes of nothingness will also drive you mad. The only bright spot is the amazing performance by the lead actor. Bravo, but even that couldn’t save this film. I gravitate towards indie films but this...NO THANKS! See more dan c @cinemacriterion 03/30/2021 A interesting story, and great performances, wasted with bad direction, and incoherent plot. See more 03/29/2021 meh film is all i have to say See more Read all reviews
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Tim Sutton

Director

Cosmo Jarvis

Saul

Dela Meskienyar

Zama

Barzin Akhavan

Ahad

Jeremy Bobb

American Suit

Esther Chen

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Synopsis Origin Story. A young Muslim woman runs away from her aunt and uncle's house desperate for a new life, but quickly finds that she must survive on the street. A disturbed young man from Coney Island dons the menacing "Funny Face" mask, transforming himself into a makeshift superhero with a rage disorder as he seeks revenge on the Real Estate Developer of a soulless high rise that has displaced his grandparents. Misfit avengers in a changing city, the two embark on a neighborhood odyssey that brings danger, love, and tragedy. And pickles.
Director
Tim Sutton
Producer
Madeleine Askwith, Alexandra Byer, Andrew Morrison
Screenwriter
Tim Sutton
Distributor
Gravitas Ventures
Production Co
Rathaus Films, Yellow Bear Films
Genre
Crime, Drama, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 30, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 30, 2021
Runtime
1h 35m
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