‘Old Henry’ Director Moves Into Dark Comedy With ‘Greedy People’ Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Lily James
variety.comNick Clement After making a promising directorial debut with 2021’s Western “Old Henry,” filmmaker Potsy Ponciroli is back with the twisted black-comedy thriller “Greedy People,” which harkens back to classic neo-noirs like Sam Raimi’s “A Simple Plan” while sampling the idiosyncrasies of a Coen brothers’ film.
The original script, by Mike Vukadinovich (Showtime’s “Kidding”), piles on the narrative swerves, yet never at the expense of logic or motivation, showing off a macabre sense of humor with sharp dialogue. “I read close to 150 scripts in the 10 months after we finished ‘Old Henry,’ and only a few of them made a lasting impression.
This was one of those scripts. Dark comedy is such a tricky thing, because sometimes people don’t know what to make of it. Is it a drama, or a thriller, or a comedy?
And that’s fine, because when that shift happens, you see how the film doesn’t fit into one box. It becomes sort of a moving target.
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