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American Job

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A boring guy (Randy Russell) toils at boring jobs in a boring Midwestern town.

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Todd McCarthy Variety Intended as a deadpan, grimly comic look at the bleakness of a minimum-wage life, American Job excessively straightjackets itself dramatically and thematically to push beyond superficial observations Feb 2, 2021 Full Review Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Director Chris Smith manages to situate the film within a mixture of tones -- it is simultaneously deadpan, stark, weird, realistic, provocative, and funny. Rated: 3.5/5 Feb 2, 2021 Full Review A.S. Hamrah n+1 Non-professional actors make up the rest of the cast, picked because they had experience as hourlies or managers in the film's workplace settings. Uniformly excellent, they help Smith blur the line between shambling indie and vérité documentary... Feb 2, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A boring guy (Randy Russell) toils at boring jobs in a boring Midwestern town.
Director
Chris Smith
Producer
Chris Smith
Screenwriter
Doug Ruschaupt, Randy Russell, Chris Smith
Production Co
Bluemark Productions
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 30m