'Griffin In Summer' Is Brutally Funny Theater Kid Coming-Of-Age Brilliance

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Coming off as a slightly less acidic Todd Solondz, writer-director Nicholas Colia has, with his first feature Griffin in Summer , turned his 2017 short film Alex and the Handyman into a coming-of-age comedy for the ages. Plenty twisted but also sweet as heck—even with its tween characters screaming about abortions and the many benefits of lower age-of-consent laws overseas—this movie should prove a brand new favorite for anybody who felt wildly out of place in Junior High. Clear a space on your shelf between Ghost World and Welcome to the Dollhouse , because Griffin is coming to claim some space in your yearning black heart. Prepare to feel seen

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