☆☆☆☆☆
In Paddleton's first 30 seconds, Michael (Jay Duplass) learns he is dying of cancer. He lives a quiet, small life, working at a copy store. His best friend Andy (Ray Romano) lives in the apartment just upstairs.
Michael and Jay spend almost every waking moment together. They are men who got through the first part of their lives, found it didn't work and started over with nothing and no one to show for it, then found each other. Michael learns his cancer will kill him quickly. Andy wants to help, even when Michael chooses physician-assisted suicide. No nearby pharmacy will fill the prescription, so they take a road trip.
Paddleton has moments of small, funny human observation, of honest friendship, and quiet devastation, but it never hurries itself along. Michael and Andy they have a friendship unlike most people, and when the hotel owner in Solvang mistakes them for a gay couple, they seem hardly offended.
They are there for each other -- to to the bitter end. And in its commitment to see its story to the best and most beautiful conclusion, Paddleton is willing to explore how far a true friend will take his love. You've rarely seen a screen couple (straight or gay) that love each other as honestly as Andy and Michael, but you've rarely seen a movie that works as deeply and authentically as Paddleton, or that can move you as fiercely, boldly and wisely. So far, it's the best movie of 2019.
Viewed February 23, 2019 -- Netflix
Michael and Jay spend almost every waking moment together. They are men who got through the first part of their lives, found it didn't work and started over with nothing and no one to show for it, then found each other. Michael learns his cancer will kill him quickly. Andy wants to help, even when Michael chooses physician-assisted suicide. No nearby pharmacy will fill the prescription, so they take a road trip.
Paddleton has moments of small, funny human observation, of honest friendship, and quiet devastation, but it never hurries itself along. Michael and Andy they have a friendship unlike most people, and when the hotel owner in Solvang mistakes them for a gay couple, they seem hardly offended.
They are there for each other -- to to the bitter end. And in its commitment to see its story to the best and most beautiful conclusion, Paddleton is willing to explore how far a true friend will take his love. You've rarely seen a screen couple (straight or gay) that love each other as honestly as Andy and Michael, but you've rarely seen a movie that works as deeply and authentically as Paddleton, or that can move you as fiercely, boldly and wisely. So far, it's the best movie of 2019.
Viewed February 23, 2019 -- Netflix
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