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Mailer Daemon
USA 2019
produced by Daniel Kleinpeter, John Mudge (executive) for More Than 4 Productions
directed by John Mudge
starring Joey Harmon, Rain Scott-Catoire, David Tiefen, Annette Watson, Denise Lambert, Olivia Ros, John Michael Moore, Peter Jaymes jr, Charlotte Molony, David Lichtenstein, Kevin McGrath, Cade C. Guillory, Alton Landry, William Van Hoof, Angela Griffitt
story by Seth Di Salvo, screenplay by John Mudge, additional material by Daniel Kleinpeter, Thomas Baumgardner, music by Michael Crapenzano
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review by Mike Haberfelner
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So where do all the undeliverable emails go, actually. Why to the
Mailer Daemons of course, lowly office workers whose sole concern it is to
receive emails (via an ancient tube mail system), add a couple of lines
(via an old-fashioned typewriter) and insert them back into the stream.
Todd (Joey Harmon) is such a poor devil who just tries to get his work
done, and still gets shit from his superior (David Tiefen), with his only
contact to the outer world being a TV playing crappy talk shows ... and
then he receives an email from Kelley (Rain Scott-Catoire), a girl who has
lost direction and wanted to contact a psychiatrist to talk to. And rather
than just returning the email with an error message attached, Todd
pretends to be said psychiatrist, and even though Kelley quickly finds out
his true identity, she takes a liking in him, and ... and then his
superior finds out he's been using his position for personal messages and
threatens demontion - or worse ... True, the funniest thing
about Mailer Daemon is indeed its concept, turning returning
undeliverable emails into an old-fashioned office job, and lots of love
has been put into bringing this to life properly. But that's not to say
that the film is just a one-trick pony, as the story it tells upon this
backdrop has lots of heart, tries and mostly succeeds to avoid cheap jokes
and crude humour, and while not to be taken wholly seriously, its approach
is sincere. And of course, a subtle directorial effort and a solid cast
totally help to bring the movie to life, and make it rather sweet (but not
saccharine) entertainment.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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