Monty Miranda’s Colorado-set “Skills Like This” isn’t interested in formula and constantly swims upstream from mainstream movie expectations.
That’s one of the best things about it.
Spencer Berger, who wrote the screenplay, stars as Max, a young man devastated by his new play flopping on opening night
Not only was his play, “The Onion Dance” (which literally climaxes with onions raining from the sky) coolly received, but one of Max’s relatives had to be hospitalized at the end of the production.
To the astonishment of his best friends, Dave (Gabriel Tigerman) and Tommy (Brian D. Phelan), Max decides to rob a bank. The impulsive decision has nothing to do with Max’s moral compass (at least, not at first) and everything to do with his feeling like he needs...