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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

I’m Trevor with the Sasquatch Movie Minute with a look at GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE, directed by Gore Verbinski, starring Sam Rockwell. A man from the future enters a diner and recruits people to fight an evil AI system. Crazy time loop shenanigans ensue

4 out of 5

This is a wacky, silly movie filled to the brim with creative moonshot ideas and a zany quick pace. It reminded me a bit of LIVE, DIE, REPEAT, with its time loop structure. This film does satire right in that when things get nuts and people don’t act the way normal humans do, there is always a character there who DOES act normally and is weirded out by everyone else in the scene. THAT is a key part of making satire connect to audiences. That being said, I would have loved a more emotional component to the film and by the time someone says the word ‘Hooves’, we are completely done with any semblance of reality, and while that is fun, I lose connection.

Best Scene. The movie has inventive flashbacks and the flashback for Juno Temple’s character is bugnuts. It takes a very controversial topic, school shootings, and layers cutting satire on top and wow. These scenes push and push on how far we can take sensitive satire. I think people will really shutdown at this part, but I loved seeing a major film go this far. The scene I will call the Muslim scene just had my jaw on the floor.

Best Performance. Sam Rockwell holds this whole 3-ring circus together. He is silly and sarcastic, but there are a couple moments near the end where he offhandedly darts into emotional pathos and suddenly I have a tear in my eye from his innocence. What a talented actor who can switch modes like that.

This is ballsy, button-pushing sci-fi satire and is fun as hell. Check it out if you want something different!