A very good movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since I kept hearing some really good things about it, I thought I might as well check it out. To be honest, I have to admit that I’m not really familiar with Bo Burnham’s work. Indeed, I did see his directorial debut, ‘Eighth Grade’, but that was pretty much it though. Well, this was something completely different but it was definitely quite a massive artistic tour-de-force. Indeed, while we were all stuck at home (myself, I have been working from home for more than a year and who knows when it’s going to end?), Burnham made this comedy special completely on his own in this little room but it was impressive how creative he still managed to be. Indeed, the guy was most of the time quite hilarious and, even though more than half of the duration was filled up with some songs, I actually enjoyed those which I didn’t really expect. As the weeks go by, even months, you see his hair and beard growing and he is basically telling the viewers that his mental state was actually deteriorating and you hope that it is an act so you can keep smiling but it might have been genuine after all. In this case, the whole lock-down didn’t have much impact on my lifestyle but many people did suffer severely mentally from this ‘new normal’. Even the room itself becomes some kind of character and you might wonder if its mess might reflect Burnham’s own state of mind. Of course, you might argue that the damned thing was seriously random but, even if I’m not really familiar with the genre, I guess that’s something that can be said about most comedy specials. Anyway, to conclude, maybe I will check his other specials since they are also available on Netflix but my guess is that this one is really unique and it is definitely worth a look. 

8/10