Two people, each unhappy with their lives, meet and form an unlikely emotional connection. It's a time-honored narrative formula, but Amber McGinnis' debut feature employs it to uncommonly moving and funny effect.
Set in its titular small Minnesota town (population 6,424, according to a road sign), International Falls represents a strong showcase for its tyro director, screenwriter Thomas Ward and co-stars Rachael Harris (Lucifer, Suits) and Rob Huebel (Children's Hospital, Transparent).
Both lead performers have strong comedy backgrounds, which comes in handy for this dramedy about the burgeoning relationship between Tim (Huebel), a burnt-out, depressed stand-up comic perpetually on the road, and Dee (Harris), the unhappily married front.
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