Greener Grass

Greener Grass is over-the-top hilarity. It’s grounded. It’s smart. It’s downright disgusting.

DeBoer and Luebbe have further expanded their nutty vision of suburban ennui and the painful consequences of keeping up with the status quo into an unsettling and amusing send-up of human behavior.

The cast commit enthusiastically to the material, walking that fine line between comic exaggeration and an almost earnest dramatic sincerity.

Counterbalancing a tongue-in-cheek treatise condemning the shallow obliviousness of the upper-middle class with niche comedic thrills, Greener Grass earns its reputation as a delightfully nauseating charmer that should be regarded as a salvia-covered tour de force for years to come.

Greener Grass is a movie that’s not only immediately destined for cult status — it’s the rare movie that truly earns it.

The movie’s biggest asset is DeBoer, who plays sweetly dim soccer mom Jill with a commitment that’s alternately terrifying and heartbreaking.

A deadpan take on suburban hell — I hesitate to call it a comedy, black or otherwise — the movie takes competitiveness to such excruciatingly surreal lengths that every would-be joke feels agonizingly strained.

I very much wish I could give this film a better review. Just for it's sheer no-holds-barred originality. Think 'David Lynch & John Waters collaborates with Adult Swim'. There are some great awkward laughs, and moments that have you thinking 'wow, this is really ambitious'. The only problem is I feel like that was the biggest objective. To be different. I'd like to keep up with the maker of this film, because I think they will smooth out the bumps and be worthy of keeping an eye on. Even though I gave this a 6, technically a mixed review, I still recommend just for the experience. Especially for fans of surrealist silly comedy like 'Visioneers' with Zack Galifianakis. Definitely looking forward to smoother follow-ups from this unique visioned filmmaker.