That controversial story began when a woman was robbed by a group of thieves. After her robbery, a repressed woman (Melanie Linski) and her obnoxious neighbor began to find the thieves, but perhaps it would be more dangerous as they tried to emerge dangerously from a group of displaced criminals.
Critics Of "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore"
Matt Zoller Seitz
RogerEbert.com
February 23, 2017
The film is worth seeing for its interest in eccentric but realistic people, in particular Ruth, who's played with great intelligence and exactness by Lynskey.
What's delightful about "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore" ... is how consistently the film challenges our worst assumptions about humanity even as it confirms them.
It's one of those classic Sundance cases of a film being more 'promising' than anything else, although I suspect some will take to this gritty thriller as is, and forgive its flaws completely.
It would be easy to look at the title of this stellar oddball indie -- a film buckling with distinctly American rage, splattery violence and plenty of dark laughs -- and find a certain timeliness.
Blair's film is like Blood Simple crossed with The Three Stooges-a clever, gritty tale of revenge at its most inept, anchored by performances that brim with goofy fury.
