FILMS
Apr 15, 2021
5 minutes
JONATHAN ROMNEY
Creation Stories is pitched as the full-tilt memory rush of a chancer who lucked out
If you’re a fan of , or saw her feature outing , you’ll know Aubrey Plaza as one of the best things in contemporary American comedy – and the owner of the most unnerving eyes in the business, whether they’re suggesting murderous intent or withering snarkiness. Now Lawrence Michael Levine’s indie feature takes Plaza way out of her usual comic terrain. She plays Allison, a woman planning to work on a script, who arrives at the lakeside retreat run by couple Gabe (Christopher Abbott) and Blair (Sarah Gadon), a musician and a dancer who have seemingly given up on the city and their careers. From the outset, an air of sexual tension and possibly danger hovers over the trio,
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