Tribeca Film Festival 2022: Acidman Review
Acidman is a complicated love story between an eccentric father and his adult daughter who is desperate to rebuild their relationship. Tugging at its viewer's heartstrings and leaving them in awe as the pieces began to come together, the movie is a mature take on the «dysfunctional family» genre.
Director Alex Lehmann is not new to the movie scene. Previous helming the acclaimed dramas Paddleton and Blue Jay, both in collaboration with his longtime filmmaking partner Mark Duplass, he demonstrates his skill and talent through the movie by intertwining a slow-but-steady and dialogue-heavy script (written by Lehmann and Chris Dowling) with the most gorgeous scenery, captivating camerawork, and an electric chemistry between the two leads, making it impossible to look away from the screen.
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The drama is carried by Dianna Agron and Thomas Haden Church, both of whom have already built an impressive movie empire. After being estranged for a decade, Agron's Maggie decides to go out on a whim and visit her father. Clearly a city girl, she treks out to the middle of nowhere, without any prior arrangements or communication with the older man. Throughout the movie, their disconnect is very present and uncomfortable. Her father, Lloyd, lives a reclusive life with no friends, except a friendly waitress at the local diner and his trustworthy dog. He struggles to handle harassment from the local youths who graffitied «ACIDMAN» across his trailer.
More troubles are revealed as he spaces out during conversations and rejects all of her his daughter's to get to know him again. While short and distant, their conversations are sweet and absent of any ill will, until Lloyd
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