Pathetic Fallacy

It’s a lot to put on Macudi, who stars here in his first major movie role. But he pulls it off, one of many miracles in this strange and wonderful genre-bender shot in gorgeous, tactile 35mm.

Cosmic psychedelia collides with grief and rage in Pathetic Fallacy. Anchoring Mortimer’s singular vision and mesmeric visual language is an emotionally devastating lead performance by Scott Mescudi, who impresses in his first starring role.

[It] is so brazenly original that its missteps are easily forgiven.

There are no other films like this. ... What’s even more surprising about this already unusual film is that, unlike many other mindbenders, it doesn’t really require much effort from the viewers to "get" and enjoy it.