Suburban Satire 'Greener Grass' Offers Surreal, Pastel-Hued Truths
The smiles are all forced and the outfits color-coded in this tale of female one-up-manship. "It's gloriously nonsensical," says our critic, "and yet it reverberates with eerie truth."
There's something very strange about Greener Grass.
Well, actually, there are many strange things in this fever-dream of a suburban satire: unruly children transformed into golden retrievers, underwear touted proudly as neck scarves, an entire population of adults wearing braces on straight teeth — but perhaps the most unsettling bit is just how familiar it all feels.
The film is the absurdist, pastel-painted brainchild of Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe — a comedic writing/directing duo who together make up Gulp Splash Productions — and is based on their short film of the same name. is slated for limited release this weekend.
