Film

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

Name: I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime, Comedy
Released: 2017
Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Elijah Wood, David Yow, Jane Levy, Devon Graye

Vigilante

A depressed woman and her antagonistic neighbor team up to hunt down people who robbed her house, only to stumble into something far uglier and more violent than either bargained for. It's a dark comedy that curdles into genuine dread, mixing deadpan humor with sudden brutality. For people who like their genre films to surprise them, and who don't mind watching likable characters get punished for their naïveté.

TMDb rating

3.3

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you enjoy dark comedy about lonely, prickly people making bad decisions with good intentions, where the humour comes from awkward sincerity rather than gags and the cringing is part of the charm.

Skip it if you want a brisk genre thriller; this is loose and shaggy, ambles through its middle, and its bleakness is more mood than momentum.

What it asks of you: Roughly ninety-six minutes, unhurried in its first half, and it stays uneasy throughout, so you need patience for the slow character beats and tolerance for sudden jolts of violence.

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