100 WORD FILM REVIEWS / Greener Grass

Greener Grass: B-

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Greener Grass is a wholly original and surrealistic/absurdist view of suburban life. The story follows two families as they traverse the doldrums of middle-class banality. Pool parties, neighborhood barbeques are given an absurdist twist. Two wives accidentally kiss their neighbors’ husbands, perhaps suggesting the homogeneity of male appearance in a middle-class suburban setting. During a party, a young boy falls into the pool and emerges as a Golden Retriever, perhaps commenting on how parents would like their ideal child to be like. This film does a great job in addressing these ideologies and breaks them down in a humorous manner.

Blake Johnson, Guest Contributor

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