Brother Nature (2016) (original) (raw)
Roger, a straight-laced politician has big plans to propose to his dream girl at her family�s lake house. But everything goes awry when he meets his potential brother-in-law Todd: a full-time camp counselor with a heart of gold and a wild sense of fun, pining to be Roger�s best friend, and ultimately catapulting him into a series of unfortunate events. As Roger tries to take a stand amidst outrageous fishing excursions, propulsive water jetpacks and American history-themed musicals, he realizes that being a part of a new family may be more difficult than he�d thought.
Roger, a straight-laced politician has big plans to propose to his dream girl at her family�s lake house. But everything goes awry when he meets his potential brother-in-law Todd: a full-time camp counselor with a heart of gold and a wild sense of fun, pining to be Roger�s best friend, and ultimately catapulting him into a series of unfortunate events. As Roger tries to take a stand amidst outrageous fishing excursions, propulsive water jetpacks and American history-themed musicals, he realizes that being a part of a new family may be more difficult than he�d thought. (less)
Directors: Matt Villines, Oz Rodriguez
Writers: Taran Killam, Mikey Day, Cameron Fay
Starring: Taran Killam, Gillian Jacobs, Bobby Moynihan, Sarah Burns, Bill Pullman, Rita Wilson
Producer: Lorne Michaels
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Review by Brian Orndorf, September 15, 2016
8 / 10
Osmany Rodriguez and Matt Villines (often billed as �Matt and Oz�) built their reputation creating digital shorts on �Saturday Night Live,� constructing oddball music videos and conjuring ideas that often poked fun at dark emotions. Sadly, Villines passed away last July, leaving �Brother Nature,� the pair�s feature-length directorial debut, their final collaboration. Committed to the pursuit of silliness and comedic escalation, Matt and Oz generate an agreeable sense of lunacy with the picture, which shakes up formula through funky characters and strange disasters, doing what they can to distu ...read more...
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