A morbid young man finds an unconventional zest for life through a free-spirited, much older woman.
Darkly comic and melancholy, with dry wit. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Kanopy (free), Hoopla (free) and YouTube (free).
Heads up on some innuendo or implied sex. That is past what the PG on the box suggests. Beyond that, mild language and nothing scary.
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A deadpan young man obsessed with death meets an eccentric septuagenarian who teaches him to live life to the fullest.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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