Midway through Jeremy Workman's SXSW-premiering documentary Lily Topples the World, there's a scene of premature topplation unlikely to be supplanted among the year's most tragic cinematic moments.
It doesn't matter that I've warned you to expect it, because in the world of professional domino toppling, the line between a meticulously constructed piece of art waiting for a perfectly timed nudge and that same piece of art rushing toward its inevitable doom ahead of schedule can be razor-thin.
And Workman, using 20-something YouTuber Lily Hevesh as an avatar, has capably established both artistry and stakes. Even despite that dominos tragedy, there's a smile that takes up early residency on a viewer's face while watchingLily Topples the.
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