Even with out checking into “The White Lotus” for Season 3, Jennifer Coolidge continues to be caught up with criminals onscreen in darkish comedy “Riff Raff.”
Coolidge performs the ex-wife of a former mobster, performed by Ed Harris, who tries to warn her household that two gangsters (Pete Davidson and Invoice Murray) from their previous are out to get them.
The official synopsis reads: “Vincent (Harris) is an ex-criminal who greater than something, simply needs a traditional, peaceable life. He and his spouse Sandy (Gabrielle Union) have constructed a loving household with their son DJ (Miles J. Harvey) and are spending the winter break in a cabin earlier than he goes off to varsity. Chaos ensues when Vincent’s disowned son Rocco (Lewis Pullman), his girlfriend Marina (Emanuela Postacchini), and Vincent’s ex-wife Ruth (Coolidge) abruptly present as much as spoil the festivities with an ominous warning: the famed gangsters Leftie (Murray) and Lonnie (Davidson) are coming for them.”
Michael Angelo Corvino additionally stars within the holiday-set characteristic that debuted at TIFF within the Particular Shows part.
Dito Montiel (“A Information to Recognizing Your Saints”) directs the movie with a script by John Pollono. “Riff Raff” is produced by Noah Rothman, Sarah Gabriel, Marc Goldberg, and Adam Paulsen.
The IndieWire overview deemed Coolidge to be the “true standout” among the many ensemble forged, with the overview partially studying, “[The film] is a comedy of manners with an estranged blended household and a Rosencrantz and Guildenstern-style humor between Leftie and Lonny as they make their method up the coast.”
The “Riff Raff” ensemble has collectively (and individually) been busy: Murray appeared in Telluride hit “The Good friend,” whereas Harris starred in Sundance characteristic “Love Lies Bleeding.” Pullman went viral for his flip in “Skincare,” will seem in “Thunderbolts,” and even publicly supplied to exchange Joaquin Phoenix in Todd Haynes’ shelved queer-romance. (Phoenix dropped out of the movie 5 days earlier than manufacturing was set to start; the movie was additionally going to star Pullman’s fellow “Prime Gun: Maverick” actor Danny Ramirez.)
“I might like to get that decision,” Pullman stated of moving into Phoenix’s would-be function. “It’s a superb thought. I’m right here. I’m right here. I’m prepared.”
“Riff Raff” premieres February 28 in theaters. Take a look at the trailer under.