← Previous Post: | Next Post:

 

Finally, a film about English PhDs.

From a New York Times roundup of Tribeca Film Festival offerings:

Andrew Semans’s “Nancy, Please” conveys a similar turbulence lurking just under the civilized surface of everyday life. In the story, which traffics in the ghastly-funny misanthropy that is the specialty of Neil LaBute, a doctoral candidate and his angry former roommate engage in an escalating battle of wills when she refuses to return his copy of “Little Dorrit,” which contains the notes for his thesis. Observing this conflict, which begins to destroy his sanity, is like watching a slow-motion car accident. As much as you may loathe the characters, you can’t avert your eyes.

Margaret Soltan, April 16, 2012 7:29AM
Posted in: STUDENTS

Trackback URL for this post:
https://www.margaretsoltan.com/wp-trackback.php?p=35568

2 Responses to “Finally, a film about English PhDs.”

  1. Michael Tinkler Says:

    I’ll be able to avert mine. I don’t like dwelling on my past.

  2. UD Says:

    Michael: LOL.

Comment on this Entry

Latest UD posts at IHE

Archives

Categories