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Fourth of July (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Fourth of July' is a 2022 American comedy drama film directed by Louis C.K., and written by Louis C.K. and Joe List. The film stars List as Jeff, a New York City-based jazz pianist and recovering alcoholic who visits his family in rural Maine for Independence Day, and confronts them about the emotional traumas he experienced with them starting when he was a child. It was directed and produced by Louis C.K., who self-financed the film.
'Fourth of July' premiered at New York City's Beacon Theatre on June 30, 2022.
Cast
* Joe List as Jeff
* Sarah Tollemache as Beth
* Bill Scheft as Bill
* Nick Di Paolo as Uncle Kevin
* Robert Kelly as Bobby
* Louis C.K. as Therapist
* Paula Plum as Mom
* Robert Walsh as Dad
* Chris Walsh as Uncle Mark
* Tara Pacheco as Naomi
* Courtland Jones as Brenda
* Allan Havey as Dentist
* Liz Miele as Hygienist
* Richard O'Rourke as Grandpa
* Luis J. Gomez as Guy on the Street 2
Reception
Box office
The film earned $218,722 from two theaters in its opening weekend and $16,014 in its second.Critical response
Reviews of the film have been mixed. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a Tomatometer (professional critics) rating of 36% based on 22 reviews. However, Rotten Tomatoes 100+ audience reviews score the movie at 89%. On Metacritic, the film has a score of 40 out of 100, based on reviews from eleven critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".Owen Gleiberman of 'Variety' called 'Fourth of July' "a millennial indie trifle". Glenn Kenny of 'The New York Times' stated that the film goes too far in portraying Jeff's family as terrible people, writing, "The family dynamic here is so unrelentingly brutal that it's an actual shock to see how glib the movie is in papering it over."
Conversely, Kyle Smith of 'The Wall Street Journal' lauded the film as "one of the best films of the year", calling it "acutely observed".
A number of reviewers unfavorably compared the film to Tracy Letts's 2007 play 'August: Osage County', which is similarly about an extended rural family forced to confront its dysfunctions.
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