Overview
Kenny is an ice cream vendor in Chicago with a crisp white uniform and an apathetic heart. When he encounters Lolita, a sharp-tongued but despondent insurance actuary, their heated conversation, natural spark and mutual hopelessness lead to an unusual proposal for a meet-cute: to travel to San Francisco, where they will jump off the Golden Gate Bridge together.
A buddy road trip movie mixed with Leaving Las Vegas? It seems hard to make anything original these days but I think this one did the trick. The film neither shied away from the issues of the lead characters nor did it dwell on them. If nothing else it did a great job showing how people can persevere through mental illness and build a life that works for them instead of trying to be the dreaded “normal”. The stopping points towards the end of the trip added a nice flavor to the film.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews The Sweet Life
Movie title: The Sweet Life
Movie description: Kenny is an ice cream vendor in Chicago with a crisp white uniform and an apathetic heart. When he encounters Lolita, a sharp-tongued but despondent insurance actuary, their heated conversation, natural spark and mutual hopelessness lead to an unusual proposal for a meet-cute: to travel to San Francisco, where they will jump off the Golden Gate Bridge together.
Date published: 2019-07-03
Director(s): Rob Spera
Actor(s): Chris Messina, Abigail Spencer, Maggie Siff, Tyson Ritter, J.D. Evermore, Nick Searcy, Jocko Sims, Cheryl Francis Harrington, Karan Soni, Brian Shortall
Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy
My Review
A buddy road trip movie mixed with Leaving Las Vegas? It seems hard to make anything original these days but I think this one did the trick. The film neither shied away from the issues of the lead characters nor did it dwell on them. If nothing else it did a great job showing how people can persevere through mental illness and build a life that works for them instead of trying to be the dreaded “normal”. The stopping points towards the end of the trip added a nice flavor to the film.
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My Review - 8/10
8/10