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Pratfall’ is More Than a Walk in the Park (Movie Review)
Pratfall
Rating: 8/10
Director: Alex Andre
Writer: Alex Andre
Style: Drama
Time: 1 hours, 48 minutes
Rating: PG-13
Review by Mike Szymanski
The opening of this film reminds me a bit of my favorite Edward Albee play “The Zoo Story” where an erratic, over-talkative pushy guy inflicts himself on another guy on a Central Park bench who really wants to be left alone. Their encounter changes both of their lives in a short period of time.
In “Pratfall,” actor Joshua Burg plays Eli, who is a very disturbed antsy guy wandering around Central Park. Eli tries to engage people he passes on the street, then he insults them. A neighbor tries to talk to him while waiting for the elevator, and he takes the stairs. He’s essentially one of those people that you may want to avoid when you are in Central Park, or any park.
He gets angry at nothing and yells at people taunting strangers with “another wonderful day in New York” and criticizes them for visiting or trying to…
