Language Lessons (2021)

Jack and I loved this story of a Spanish teacher and her adult student who become friends on zoom. The whole thing is presented as zoom and selfie videos, clearly shot during the pandemic, but not taking place then. Natalie Morales, who directed, and Mark Duplass, who wrote the script with her, are the only ones on camera (we hear two other voices). Yet it keeps us interested the whole time.

There's no song listing posted online and the composer of record is Gaby Moreno, whose singles you can find at various sites.

It's early in festival season, but it's starting to earn wins and nominations.

Morales' directorial debut Plan B was released earlier this year. She was last blogged for acting in Stuber and her TV credits include eleven episodes of Parks and Recreation, 21 of The Grinder, and six of Dead to Me. Duplass was most recently in these pages for writing The Do-Deca-Pentathalon and he created and wrote most of the series Togetherness. I last blogged him for acting in The One I Love which came out five years before he was in Bombshell.

Rotten Tomatoes' critics give this an A with an average of 96% and its audiences aren't far behind at 85.

After enjoying Plan B I checked every week to see when we could stream this one. It came out in theatres in early September and we rented it on iTunes (also available on Prime) on October 26, the very first day.