Krisha (2016)
Directed by Trey Edward Shults
When Krisha returns to her estranged family for Thanksgiving dinner, past demons threaten to ruin the festivities.
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A combination of Jonathan Demme’s jittery Rachel Getting Married and Alejandro González Iñárritu’s energetic Birdman , this indie has verve to spare and features a razor-sharp cast that’s largely nonprofessional.
Jonathan Demme explored similar territory in his 2008 film Rachel Getting Married, and Trey Edward Shults’ debut film does have a similar looseness to it, a feeling that anything can happen at any time.
Named for its central agent of chaos, herself named for the terrific unknown actress who plays her, Krisha may be the most explosive family-reunion drama since Jonathan Demme’s Rachel Getting Married —another film, incidentally, about a difficult, destructive relative seeking forgiveness, even as she teeters on the precipice of a relapse.
A combination of Jonathan Demme’s jittery Rachel Getting Married and Alejandro González Iñárritu’s energetic Birdman , this indie has verve to spare and features a razor-sharp cast that’s largely nonprofessional.