The immediacy of the handheld camerawork – coupled with the actors’ semi-improvised dialogue, which is mostly drawled out in long strings of slang-peppered invective – plunges the viewer straight in at the deep end of their hardscrabble existence, where they eke out a precarious living while battling to maintain some dignity in the face of the ridicule and disgust of mainstream society. "Funny, touching and delirious… Humming with the subversive energy of an early Almodóvar film.But just as impressive is the quality of the performances, and the sheer big-heartedness of the story, which traces one incident-packed Christmas Eve in the lives of two transgender sex workers. "Sean Baker’s zippy, riotous comedy is the real deal, loaded with comic flair and laced with an arresting poignancy." ![]() "It’s a vital, affecting piece of filmmaking." "Tangerine pops with a rare sense of on-the-street energy." "Tangerine represents a quantum leap for trans people on film." "Take a break from the blockbuster summer movie schlock and go see a film that will make you want to talk about it for hours afterward and maybe throw back a few shots of tequila." "This ribald, raucous sex comedy is stacked high with laughs." ![]() "Frenetically paced, sublimely strange, and admirably skillful." " Ingeniously unique and absolutely delicious" A gorgeous, timely and possibly profound human comedy." "A brief, strange and deeply rewarding trip and ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AMERICAN FILMS OF THE YEAR. It's a vivid, powerful slice of life and truly a movie of its moment." Tangerine is funny, gut-wrenching and heartwarming in equal measure. Even those who don’t count themselves among the transgender-prostitute-movie-shot-on-an-iPhone demographic will want to try Tangerine." "A big-hearted work of insight and unapologetically wild humor. Humanizing and prejudice-challenging-an instant cult movie." "Trashy, lurid, and hilariously profane - exploitation in the best, most cinematic sense - but without ever losing the thread of human ache that connects the characters to each other." "PERFECTLY PITCHED AND OUTRAGEOUSLY ENTERTAINING." "RAUNCHY, ABRASIVE AND SHOCKINGLY SWEET." A freewheeling, raucously funny street opera with a sweet and soulful center, pulsing with enough verve and vitality to erase any whiff of the “issue film” it might have been." ![]() "EXACTLY THE TYPE OF MOVIE THAT CAN SPARK A REVOLUTION." A dizzy, often exuberant down-and-dirty romp." A neo-screwball chase flick with a dash of Rainer Werner Fassbinder. "A TOUGH YET TENDER, GRITTY YET GORGEOUS MOVIE MADE WITH INGENIOUS SKILL. "LOUD, FEROCIOUS AND TREMENDOUSLY FUNNY." "RIOTOUS, DARING, AND CRACKLING WITH VITALITY." It’s a pleasure to tag along for the day." An intimate, funny, and surprisingly poignant portrait in miniature of a few fascinating American lives." "A BEAUTIFULLY FILMED, SWOONINGLY SCORED, GRACEFULLY PERFORMED WONDER OF A MOVIE. Tangerine may not be the summer comedy we asked for, but it just might be the summer comedy we need." "ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING FILMS OF THE YEAR. ![]() By the end, Baker and his actors have led us to a place beyond comedy - you may still be laughing, but your breath catches a little on the way out." An ingenious blast of fresh air so florid and electric that it feels like a Pedro Almodóvar remake of Crank." THESE CHARACTERS DESERVE A PLACE AT THE TABLE THE WAY THIS MOVIE DESERVES A PLACE AT THE MULTIPLEX." What’s extraordinary is that it’s everything an entertaining, old-fashioned, mainstream Hollywood comedy should be and no longer is. "BOTH HILARIOUS AND HEART-ATTACK SERIOUS. A VISUALLY INNOVATIVE KNOCKOUT THAT GRABS YOU FROM THE FIRST FRAME." A groundbreaking film that leaves you in stitches while quietly breaking your heart. "IT JUMPS OFF THE SCREEN AND WOWS YOU LIKE NOBODY'S BUSINESS.
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