Stress Positions

Released Apr 19

1h 35m

Comedy

Drama

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51 Reviews

75%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Terry Goon is keeping strict quarantine in his ex-husband's Brooklyn brownstone while caring for his nephew -- a 19-year-old model from Morocco named Bahlul -- bedridden in a full leg cast after an electric scooter accident. Unfortunately for Terry, everyone in his life wants to meet the model.

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Critics Consensus

Stress Positions plays on familiar seriocomic tropes with sporadic verve, although the characters are occasionally more interesting than the story they're being used to tell.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

AWFJ.org

Stress Positions feels like a movie that is orchestrated as much as directed and Hammel’s intuitive grasp on the rhythms of everyday conversation are a thing of wonder, granting the film an extraordinary energy and almost palpable freshness

Jun 11, 2024

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Ty Burr

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The cast is enthusiastic and often very funny, and, as a filmmaker, Hammel is one to watch.

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 26, 2024

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Peter Sobczynski

RogerEbert.com

If the film concentrated more on this and less on the increasingly chaotic proceedings on display, it might have become more than an endless litany of smug obnoxiousness.

Rated: 2/4

Apr 19, 2024

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Abe Friedtanzer

The Film Experience

Hammel has a distinct voice that comes through in her script, direction, and performance.

Rated: B

Jul 24, 2024

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Stacey Yvonne

Wealth of Geeks

Writer/director Theda Hammel's newest Sundance feature, Stress Positions is a sharp and layered satire about love in the time of the pandemic.

Rated: 9/10

Jul 8, 2024

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Ray Pride

Newcity

It’s as if New York City itself is a fever that settles in like a fog: manic, oppressive, diverse, anxiety-ridden, intermittently hilarious. And claustrophobic. So claustrophobic. And in the end? Chaotic.

Rated: 5/10

Jul 4, 2024

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Christopher M

I was genuinely uncomfortable with these characters at times, so when the humor lands, and lands hard, it provides a manic release. There are shades of brilliance in this film, and I can’t think of any movie or television show that this is similar to. That is a wonderful thing.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/11/24

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Christopher S

Love that it's a very modern 'period piece' on life during COVID that is about something other than the virus

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/07/24

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Karla

Qaher Harhash

Bahlul

Amy Zimmer

Vanessa

Faheem Ali

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Synopsis

Director: Theda Hammel
Producer: Brad Becker-Parton, John Early, Stephanie Roush, Allie Jane Compton, Greg Nobile
Screenwriter: Theda Hammel
Distributor: NEON
Production Co: Neon, Seaview Productions, Roller Studios
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 19, 2024, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $101.7K
Runtime: 1h 35m

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