Moondog (McConaughey) is a mood. 

I’m like 83% certain McConaughey wasn’t acting, that this “role” is his natural state of being, and the director approached him with the script with a simple piece of direction: “just do you, fam.” Like, if I saw McConaughey in Key West while they were shooting this and recognized him, I’d just shrug it off like “yea, that’s what he does.” 🤷🏾🤷🏾🤷🏾

Moondog def gave me ‘The Dude’ vibes from “The Big Lebowski.”

This was the raunchy, obscene, and sometimes overwhelming comedy I didn’t know I needed right now.  I had a few of those hearty, head-cocked-back laughs.  Check this, I lived (LIVED) for the “American Pie” trilogy, “Road Trip” (Scotty doesn’t know), the parody classic “Not Another Teen Movie,” don’t forget “Harold and Kumar…”  and classics that were a little less glossy like “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” “Pineapple Express,” and “This is the End.”  I’d add “The Beach Bum” to the list of films I’d recommend in celebration of the April 20th holiday.👀

Fantastic cast. I was a little worried about how they’d balance these actors, but it’s an outstanding ensemble. Jonah Hill, Martin Lawrence, and Zac Efron get all the comedic kudos from me. They killed this!

Korine’s dope style:

Director Korine utilized repetitive framing, which I adore. **Respect knuckles for consistency.** Whenever the audience was introduced, or re-introduced, to a character in conversation with Moondog, Korine almost always used a medium-close up frame. 

Then after a few seconds it cuts to a moment where the two characters are still or have minimal action in the same or a totally different location.

Then it snaps back to the two characters continuing their conversation. 

And this happened most often during a traveling scene, either while the pair were on a speedboat, on a carrier plane, or in a vehicle.  It’s reminiscent of those shots back during the Golden Era of cinema where the primary angle in a moving vehicle is exclusively from the front windshield and there was like a continuous faux backdrop of open road.

I hope this gets a wider release. I don’t want to hype it too much, but it could be one of those underrated cult classics. Like “Scott Pilgrim v. The World,” but with debauchery. Lots of debauchery.  Not safe for children. Lots of nudity. Like in the first 3 minutes!