Chris Skotchdopole’s CRUMB CATCHER hits the Wisconsin Film Festival TODAY 8:30pm and Tomorrow Apr 11, 5:15pm at the Flix Brewhouse Cinema.
Buckle up for this wildly inventive dark comedy. Already snapping at each other mere hours into their marriage, newlyweds Shane and Leah arrive at their honeymoon destination—a secluded house in the woods (of course). In the middle of the night, they receive a surprise visitor—one of the caterers from their wedding, who insists on pitching them to invest in his invention. And he won’t take no for an answer. Sweaty with used car-level salesmanship, John launches into one of the hardest (and most hilarious) sells in the history of cinema, all in the name of a rather baffling product. Next his frazzled, vampy wife struts in, and ups the ante to straight-up blackmail. Call it a home invasion comedy, or a screwball thriller, either way this warped mashup keeps us enjoyably off-balanced through its sharp turns and fakeouts. Longtime character actor John Speredakos is unforgettably unhinged as he sinks his teeth into this traveling-salesman-from-hell role with gusto. Energetically directed by first-timer Chris Skotchdopole, Crumb Catcher is most certainly “an unpredictable ride… crosses Funny Games with an extended I Think You Should Leave sketch” (RogerEbert.com).
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