Actress
Drama
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2014
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Brandy Burre had a recurring role on HBO’s The Wire when she gave up her career to start a family. When she decides to reclaim her life as an actor, the domestic world she’s carefully created crumbles around her.
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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
86 min
Release date:
7 Nov 2014
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins & 12 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
At one point her agent tells her she needs a demo reel to get work in LA; watching her drop tears for the camera as her home life disintegrates, I had to wonder whether this was it.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
26 Feb 2015
fresh:
Combining artifice with verite documentary style, [Greene] underscores the inextricability of real life and make-believe, of genuine behavior and self-conscious performance.
– Peter Keough,
Boston Globe,
5 Feb 2015
fresh:
Robert Greene's extraordinary collaboration with actress Brandy Burre is a playful, provocative examination of self-performance.
– Guy Lodge,
Variety,
14 Nov 2014
fresh:
One of the greatest documentaries I've ever seen.
– Bilge Ebiri,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
7 Nov 2014
rotten:
A good portion of the cinema verite proceedings, ranging from endless glimpses of her domestic life to footage of her performing an original song in a Greenwich Village cabaret, prove less than arresting.
– Frank Scheck,
Hollywood Reporter,
7 Nov 2014