Search The Archive
Meshuggeneh in Minnesota. A father and sons fishing trip. A subtly sharp film about family and frustration.
Marvin, the classic grumpy old man (played with understated heart by Marvin Gurewitz), guilts his two sons, Stanley (director and Marvin's real-life son Stephen Gurewitz) and Seth (Alex Karpovsky, from Beeswax, MIFF 2010, and HBO's Girls), into a Minnesota fishing trip following his recent divorce. What follows is a frank, funny and endearing slice of life: three men flustered by the expectations of masculinity and each other. The film's tiny budget enhances the realism, with observational camerawork plucking profundity and pathos out of the smallest moments.
Karpovsky slips effortlessly into the Gurewitz's real-life dynamic. As one of The New Yorker's Best Undistributed Films of 2012, Marvin, Seth and Stanley emerges as a minor revelation.
"An extraordinarily touching and quietly hilarious dramatic version of Shit My Dad Says." – The New Yorker
D/S Stephen Gurewitz P Britni West, Adam Ginsberg WS Stephen Gurewitz TD HD Cam/2012