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Orzo

2008 · 82 min

A bizarre, deadpan character comedy that feels like watching a lo-fi fever dream full of oddballs and offbeat show tunes.

Directed by
Giuseppe Andrews
Starring
Karen Bo Baron, Marybeth Spychalski, Walter Patterson
Overview
“Toggle Switch is a little person living in a world of her own design. Deadly with pets, and equally unhinged with her family, she spends her days watching exercise videos and her nights in pursuit of bizarre extracurricular activities. Along the way, we meet a bearded 12 year old, a closet junkie, and the skinniest fitness guru in the entire self-help universe, all getting by on chutzpah, camaraderie, and a healthy dose of vagina-based show tunes…Orzo is by far the funniest thing Giuseppe Andrews has ever done. It’s a comedy plain and simple, a character-based humoresque that proves Andrews’ mantle as both a writer and a wit.” (review excerpt by Bill Gibron)

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Directed by
Giuseppe Andrews
Starring
Karen Bo Baron, Marybeth Spychalski, Walter Patterson
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • identity
  • family
  • obsession
  • madness
Places
  • home
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour8
Realism3
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight4

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