Joshy has planned a fun bachelor-party weekend away in Ojai, just him and his buddies celebrating his upcoming marriage with as much booze and drugs and strippers as time and space allows. Except Joshy’s fiancee commits suicide, and the weekend’s now been downgraded to just a “hangout” among friends.
Only a few brave friends arrive, besides Joshy (Thomas Middleditch): stable Ari (Adam Pally), determined to keep things light, neurotic Adam (Alex Ross Perry) whose default mode is wet blanket, and Eric (Nick Kroll), the friend with coke and bad ideas. They pick 
up some hangers-on (Jenny Slate among them) and proceed to have a very weird weekend.
How do men mourn and commiserate with their grieving friend? They mostly don’t. They mostly tamp down their feelings in favour of whatever self-destruction’s close by. The film is largely improvised, making use of all the comedic chops, so the chemistry is crackling even if it feels like the plot goes absolutely nowhere. It’s really about the presumption of our perceptions, and maybe the unknowability of people. The characters disclose things to each other, and expose themselves to us, but we don’t come away really understanding them any better for it.
Joshy has a really ephemeral quality to it, a sense that nothing can last, good or otherwise, and things will inevitably be left unsettled. This may be a comment on closure and its real-life attainability, and that’s exactly when the movie feels the most honest.
This was a humbly entertaining watch for me because I like these guys, but it wasn’t exactly earth-shattering goodness. It’s kind of a cross between a raunchy comedy and mumblecore, so take that admonition with the grain of salt it deserves.
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umm, probably not for me, but cool review as always!
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Yeah. I don’t think this is my cup of tea either Jay, but I love your review!š
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They go to Ojai for a rollicking good time? Ojai?
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Mumblecore? I love that term, Jay. I have to agree with Liz A. What’s in Ojai? Farms? Well, I think there are “spas.” This sounds like a film that you might have on for background noise. I love Nick Kroll. I’d be willing to try it.
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I love him too!
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He was terrific in The League!
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Love The League!
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I enjoy improv comedies, and might check this one out with lowered expectations. Great review! š
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I like a comedy but I dunno that this one sounds all that good. Improvised version of Hangover minus the wedding?
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And everyone’s mildly-to-extremely sad and fucked up.
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I liked this one enough. Like you said nothing amazing about it, but perfectly watchable.
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I like what you said about enjoying this movie because you liked these guys. I think that aspect of stories and films is underrated — often we like a movie because we’re enjoying the company of the characters. And “a cross between raunchy comedy and mumblecore” is intriguing. š
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