Early Autumn and Indie Rights provide Los Angeles audiences (and VOD sofa spuds) a chance to see an entertaining quirky Australian dramedy by premiering the dramedy "The Misguided" at the Arena Cinelounge on January 26, 2018. This character study of two drug-indulging 20-something brothers and the woman in their lives is a good throwback to the indie films of the '90s. It also shows that some themes span the globe.
The desperate times of college dropout/low-level drug dealer Levi require the desperate measure of moving in with recovering addict brother Wendel. The skirt enters the picture in the form of Wendel ex-girlfriend Sanja coming around to collect her car that Wendel still has several weeks after their breakup. This visit is the catalyst for the Levi and Sanja to commence their relationship with strong Freudian overtones.
The manner in which Levi returns the car to Sanja further creates a rift between him and Wendel; the general idea is that this violates the bros before whoes principle that governs friendships between men who do not have the same parents.
Wonderful humor comes in the form of Wendel delighting in reminding Levi where Sanja has previously put her tongue and that Levi is inserting himself in orifices that Wendel has utilized. These exchanges also set the stage for a remark regarding which sibling is the bigger man. Thees post-adolescents further delight in discussing what paying the bills might require.
A tried-and-true dramatic plot involves a relapse by Wendel requiring that Levi conduct the experiment of whether blood is thicker than water. This coinciding with Levi and Sanja being on the cusp of escaping family dramas regarding both their clans enhances the tension.
As indicated above, the appeal of this tale of "Misguided" post-adolescents is that their stories are relatable. Many guys who struggle with becoming adults determine that drugs solve a multitude of problems, Another aspect of this is that "good" girls often feel impulses to rebel, to see the good in men who do not fit well in polite society, and to save these misfits.
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