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THE MOMENT MOVIE REVIEW
There have been plenty of musical biopics, concert films, and documentaries about incredible music artists, but none like The Moment. The film stars pop music star, Charli XCX, playing a version of herself in this warped comedic mockumentary about the tail end of her iconic “Brat Summer” tour. As Charli prepares for the last show of the tour, she starts to question the “Brat” phenomenon and wonders if it has become bigger than the artist themselves. Receiving pressure from the Atlantic Records executive (Rosanna Arquette) to push forward and strike while the “Brat” craze is hotter than anything on Earth, Charli becomes more erratic with her decisions to charge through the show. To throw another wrench in the already chaotic production, questionable filmmaker Johannes Godwin (Alexander Skarsgård) slowly infiltrates the show with his own unimaginative and safer ideas rather than Charli’s typical abrasive live show. The film glides back and forth through candid conversations between Charli and her closest friends and awkward exchanges between Godwin and Celeste (Hailey Gates), the original Creative Director and Charli’s best friend. The film doesn’t quite know if it wants to be an absurdist comedy or a sardonic/candid look at fame which could lead the audience down a rocky path. Listen as Wright, Rhett, and Nathan discuss the film’s unconventional approach to the music mockumentary and wonder if there was really ever a moment worth watching.
DIRECTED BY: Aidan Zamiri
STARRING: Charli XCX, Rosanna Arquette, Kate Berlant, Jamie Demetriou, Hailey Benton Gates, Isaac Powell, Alexander Skarsgård, Rish Shah, Trew Mullen, Kylie Jenner, Rachel Sennott, Arielle Dombasle, Mel Ottenberg, Richard Perez, Tish Weinstock, Michael Workéyè, Julia Fox, Shygirl, A.G. Cook
YOUR REVIEWERS
Wright Sulek (The Other Boss, Trash in the Can, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, One Man’s Trash, Screener Squad)
Wright hails from the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas. His passion for filmmaking brought him to Austin to study and make movies. Since then he’s had his hand in acting, writing, and directing his own short films with numerous like-minded film geeks he’s met along his journey. His newest interest has brought him into the podcasting world. He co-hosted a few different movie related podcasts such as ‘And Now This’ and ‘The Match Cut’. He currently co-hosts with longtime friend, Eric Samaniego, where they talk shop about the grimiest, trashiest, lost gems of movies on their show, ‘Trash in the Can’. Wright also guests and hosts reviews on Screener Squad and Highly Suspect Reviews as well as co-hosts Digital Noise with Chris Cox. As of 2024, Wright has now been inducted into the Austin Film Critics Association as well as co-owns the One of Us network with Chris Cox.
Nathan Flynn (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)
Nathan Flynn is the resident goofball of OneofUs.Net, often found overly caffeinated, slightly stoned, and ready to unleash the hottest takes imaginable. As the resident Letterboxd Lunatic, his movie opinions are as bold as his love for Top Gun: Maverick — a film he considers less of a movie and more of a religion. When he’s not passionately defending his latest cinematic obsession, Nathan manages a comedy club in downtown Austin, where he’s somehow avoided being heckled… so far. Around here, he’s usually the punching bag, but hey, someone’s gotta do it.
Rhett O’Hara
Rhett O’Hara has really been looking forward to writing this “about me”. He blames movies for a lot of things in his life. He blames seeing Batman Returns as a child for his interest in all things goth and camp. He blames seeing Akira at far too young of an age for his interest in films that dare to venture into the weirder side of things. He blames Midsommar for never visiting Sweden. Rhett has lived in Austin for a couple of decades, so he can speak fondly of the old days of renting DVDs from I Luv Video (Tetsuo the Iron Man left a mark) and buying peculiar documentaries (The Nomi Song, Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist) from Waterloo Video. Rhett also remembers reading an “about me” that stuck with him a few years back. Time continued and he felt a constant need to share “about me” as well. It wasn’t a voice telling him to do this but something akin to the feeling of knowing that someone is watching you without ever actually seeing that person. Rhett has been anxious and is only just now feeling a sense of relief writing this. He feels selfish though, knowing that this will continue on to the next host; the desire…. the urge…. no….the need to pass along a message that has existed ever since humanity started sharing thoughts in a written form. You must understand that he had no choice in this matter. Rhett is truly sorry for this, but he’s every bit of a pawn as you are now. Rhett is also contractually obligated to let you know that he has been a guest on the hit podcast Trash in the Can.
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