Asleep in My Palm (2023)

We liked a lot this independent movie about a father and teenage daughter living off the grid in a storage container near an Ohio liberal arts college. The small cast is led by Tim Blake Nelson and Chloë Kerwin with a scant few as townies and out of town students, including Gus Birney as one of the latter.

Directed and written by Nelson's son Henry Nelson, a graduate of Oberlin College, the movie was shot near and on that campus and employed many students both behind and in front of the camera.

A google search for the composer Will Curry yielded this spoiler-free fascinating article about the making of the movie, but no links to his soundtrack are available. I think there were songs, too, but the rental has long expired and nothing is listed on imdb.

Tim Blake Nelson was last blogged for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and Birney for Happiness for Beginners. Henry Nelson and Curry make their debuts with this picture. I do not recognize Kerwin from seven episodes of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season 5 (her character's name was Trudy) nor did I see her three other features and handful of shorts.

Rotten Tomatoes' critics are wide awake, averaging 92% while its audiences are a bit drowsy at 75. We rented it on Apple TV March 29 and appreciated its tight brevity at one hour 28 minutes.