Full Phil Wins Mixed Cannes Notice for 76-Minute Kristen Stewart-Woody Harrelson Absurdist Comedy
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Updated · Hollywood Reporter · May 17
Full Phil Wins Mixed Cannes Notice for 76-Minute Kristen Stewart-Woody Harrelson Absurdist Comedy
9 articles · Updated · Hollywood Reporter · May 17
Quentin Dupieux’s 76-minute “Full Phil” drew a mixed review after its Cannes Midnight Screenings premiere, praised as a lean, funny oddity but faulted for a tacked-on B-movie subplot.
Kristen Stewart and Woody Harrelson anchor the film as a feuding daughter-father pair in Paris, with Stewart singled out for her comic bite while both leads are seen as initially uneasy with Dupieux’s deadpan tone.
The story turns on grotesque food gags, clogged-toilet arguments and oblivious American-tourist satire, with riots, a Molotov-hit taxi and a gore-spattered finale pushing the absurdism toward unexpected pathos.
For Dupieux, working with American actors again for the first time since 2013’s “Wrong Cops,” the film is described as slightly more polished than usual while still unmistakably his own surreal, melancholy comic mode.
Beyond the surreal humor, what will 'Full Phil' reveal about the monstrous potential hidden within family love?
Why are Hollywood stars like Kristen Stewart flocking to a French director known for his anti-studio filmmaking style?