Kajillionaire (2020)

We were drawn to this story of L.A. grifters by the formidable cast of Evan Rachel Wood, Richard Jenkins, Debra Winger, and Gina Rodriguez. Their performances are unimpeachable. Director/writer Miranda July is no stranger to peculiarity and her touch is evident here. The laughs are uneven but they're there, along with loads of cringing. If you don't use closed captions, let me help: Wood's character is named Old Dolio (DOE-lee-o), which is explained late in the movie.

The soundtrack by Emile Mosseri is available YouTube and I'm streaming it right now on Apple Music. I like it! Here's a list of the songs.

Wood was last blogged for The Ides of March, Jenkins for The Shape of Water which earned him an Oscar nomination, Winger for The Lovers, Rodriguez for Annihilation, and July for The Future, which we didn't like. Mosseri's last score was for The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019), which we rented in January and I forgot to write about. I'll take care of that shortly.

This is July's first feature in which she didn't act. Maybe that has something to do with our liking it better than her other work?

Jack and I fit somewhere in between Rotten Tomatoes' critics, averaging 89%, and its audiences at 47.

We rented it in late October from Amazon Prime. ReelGood has other options, too.