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e plot leaves the audience ‘spinning’
Although Jeff Baena is not a prolific
director or a well-known screenwriter, his
work thus far in the industry has garnered
him a reputation as someone who is capable
of piercing the hearts of an audience
with eccentric comedies that examine the
meaning of life (2004’s “I Heart
Huckabees”) and also causing the minds of
an audience to go into a state of bewilderment
with eccentric comedies that examine
the meaning of life (2014’s “Life After
Beth”; 2017’s “The Little Hours”; and
2020’s “Horse Girl”).
With a majority of his credits listed
above, one might argue that his earliest
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foray was only as successful or as memorable
because it was co-written and directed by the
prolific and well-known David O. Russell but
that is something one has to push back on,
just a little bit. While the end result of his
work can be hit or miss, there is something
about it that just makes you want to give it
a try, especially if you have built up a tolerance
to strange and unusual movies.
That inquisitiveness about his work is
what brought me to “Spin Me Round,”
another eccentric comedy that examines
the meaning of life. Released on demand
this weekend, the film doesn’t delve as
deeply or spend a lot of time pondering the
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question in relation to his prior films, but it
does hit on those existential themes of
“What are we doing here?” and “Why am I
doing what I’m doing?”
Asking herself that question on a near
daily basis is Amber, the central character
played by Alison Brie. Amber is a very
guarded person, one not quite willing to
take a leap of faith, but years before the
story in the movie begins, she did just that
by leaving her financially secure job as a
manager of a popular Italian eatery to open
her own restaurant with her flaky
boyfriend. When the film opens, she is back
at her old position at Tuscan Grove, working
tirelessly to build back her savings
after her restaurant and her relationship
went up into flames (figuratively for the
former, probably literally with the latter).
To acknowledge the “dedication of his
workers,” Tuscan Grove’s CEO Nick
Martucci (a delightfully wacky Alessandro
Nivola) invites Amber and a number of
other managers across the region to attend
an all-expense paid trip to the Tuscan
Grove Institute in Italy where they will be
immersed in “cuisine and culture” while
staying in a lush villa. At first, Amber is
hesitant to attend this lavish affair, but she
is lured by the promise of trying something
new, something different, and possibly
finding love again — romantic love and the
love for her job and life.
Immediately, she gets an inkling that
things are not as they were promised —
their guide Craig (Ben Sinclair) wants their
passports for safe-keeping and their “lush
villa” is in the back of a lush villa, overlooking
the dumpsters — but she tries to make
the best of her situation by striking up
awkward work-like friendships with fellow
Tuscan Grove branch managers Deb (Molly
Shannon), Susie (Debby Ryan), Jen (Ayden
Mayeri), Dana (Zach Woods) and Fran (Tim
Heidecker).
The part of this movie that works the
best is within this ensemble as they all
work well off of each other; but they are
soon split apart as Nick (the Tuscan Grove
CEO) casts his eye on Amber, dreamily
Franklin County Auditor Michael
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that helps protect homeowners from
title theft and fraud.
The auditor’s Property eAlerts notification
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wooing her as he likens
her to his deceased sister.
As their ethically
questionable relationship
begins to deepen,
and as Nick begins to
introduce Amber to a
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new world of intrigue,
the film kinda loses
the plot and begins to
unravel as a whole.
There is a whole subplot
involving Nick’s assistant Kat (Audrey
Plaza), the disappearance of the lovelorn
chef that gave them culinary tips (a hysterical
Lauren Weedman) the “poisoning” of
her fellow managers, and the strange
behavior of the elite company Nick keeps,
to name a few.
Although each of these subplots are very
entertaining (it takes a while for all of them
to make sense) it gives “Spin Me Round” a
sense of unbalance and it makes the audience
feel as if it isn’t quite sure what it
wants to be. Is it a romance? A satirical
romance? Is it a murder-mystery? Is it an
abduction story? Is it pointed commentary
about relationships as a whole? Or perhaps
pointed commentary about work and
wealth? At times, it tries to be all those
things, but as stated before its zaniness
and its messaging work within the ensemble,
not quite as much without it.
With plenty of laughs and absurdity to
go around, there is a lot to enjoy with “Spin
Me Round” but try as hard as the cast and
their impeccable comedic timing might,
they cannot entirely save the struggling
narrative that runs throughout the movie
or the plot that feels like it is just throwing
things at the wall to see what sticks.
Grade: C
Dedra Cordle is a Messenger staff writer
and columnist.
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525-7226.