Louis C.K.’s ‘Fourth of July’ Delivers First-Rate Dysfunction

You’d drink, too, if you had to spend time with the brood in “Fourth of July.”

Director Louis C.K.’s film follows a recovering alcoholic coming to terms with his hardscrabble roots. Starring and co-written by comedian Joe List, the dramedy lacks a single second of artifice.

It’s so real, so raw you’ll Google the nearest therapy group before the end credits roll.

Brimming with insight, humor and the tractor pull of family dysfunction, “Fourth of July” may emerge as one of 2022’s best films.

List stars as Jeff, a jazz pianist working hard to stay sober. He checks in regularly with his sponsor and just began sponsoring a newly dry AA member (Robert Kelly, heartbreaking).

Jeff is staring down another family reunion, and he’d rather do anything than endure their...

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Aug 7th 2022
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