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THE MOVIES | Kajillionaire is smart, funny... and generationally-telling!

What a movie!

If you are thinking you want to venture to a theater - or - if you are looking for a movie to watch this weekend, I'd recommend KAJILLIONAIRE.

It's a crime-drama-family-coming-of-age-comedy which is told so well, so simply and so effectively, I think you'll find yourself riveted by what you see. It's so well directed and so well acted... it's easy to see why Sundance, you know, that festival which happened before THAT 'RONA, loved the movie.

Let's start with the director.

Miranda July wrote and directed the movie with Brad Pitt's production company, Plan B, stepping in to produce the film. Known for producing movies which matter, and with an incredible directing pedigree, the film was able to cast an incredible ensemble of actors. Evan Rachel Wood. Richard Jenkins. Debra Winger. Gina Rodriguez.

The story is simple, effective and brilliant. Wood's character is the only daughter born into a crime family with a healthy dis-trust for society, government, politics and more. They've raised her as an accomplice and not a daughter. She's been manipulated into being a master thief and con artist. And then, the family meets Gina Rodriguez, who creates just enough emotion, doubt, love and feeling to cause a significant change to things.

I don't want to give too much of the plot away, but this is what I said on Twitter after I had my screening last night:

Go see Kajillionaire and let it speak to you. You will come alive... it's simple. It's beautiful. It's just about perfect.

It's certified fresh at Rotten Tomatoes.

Photos: Focus Features. Used with permission.

Disclosure: Focus Features and Allied Movie Marketing provided me with an advance screening of this movie. They did not have any input into this review nor was anything of monetary value provided in exchange for this review on my personal social media or on this website.


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