Endless Cookie

This movie has become a quiet obsession of mine this week. I discovered it on this platform and threw it on TV, expecting to be able to work with it on in the background. Suddenly, I realized ten minutes had gone by and I was sitting there frozen, just staring at the movie. I was almost perplexed, stuck. I set my computer aside. It's hard to explain the hypnotic effect of this film. To miss a second of it is to completely lose your place. You cannot watch this film in the background on your first go. There were a few points at which I was giving it my full attention and I still was not sure what was happening. On my second watch, I understood everything. On my third watch, I caught little delights that I hadn't seen the first two times. Now I'm able to enjoy having it on in the background while working, gazing up occasionally to relive my favorite moments and listening to it almost like a podcast the rest of the time. The rapport between brothers is soothing. So much acceptance. There are so many moments when they say nothing in response to one another because they don't need to say anything. So many knowing chuckles. It is a movie that took 10 years to make, and you feel it. It's crude and the storytelling is rambling, but it is wholly authentic and surprisingly touching at points. While its not quite as masterful in the way it renders visual detail, it is really the first thing that has tickled my brain the way Ren and Stimpy did as a kid. Screen International captured this movie's charm best: "A generous invitation into the heart of a sprawling extended family."