Tangerine

"Tangerine" is a comedy about best friends Sin-Dee and Alexandra, embarking on a journey, for the purpose of finding out the truth about a scandalous rumour. What happens next is an avalanche of ridiculous events that you don't want to miss.

This episode is set in Tinseltown on Christmas Eve, where two transgeder woman who just happen to be prostitutes are our main focus, Sin-Dee and Alexandra. After 28 days of jail time, Sin-Dee reunites with her bestie, only to find out that her pimp has been cheating on her, therefore, they embark on a mission to figure out the girl's and the pimp's whereabouts.

This is quite an impressive film considering it was all shot on an iPhone by Sean Baker, who also made the decision to add the tangerine tint to the movie, which adds to the impact it delivers, I can't call this a beautiful film because it simply isn't, but it's definitely better looking than the majority of Hollywood's disposable garbage.

At the same time, I can't give this flick a pass just for its gimmick, in fact, it is heavily flawed, starting with the amateurish "acting" by everybody, especially Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Sin-Dee's character.

There are some really good jokes and a bunch of hilarious scenes, but for quite some time, "Tangerine" takes the easy way out and decides to spit out the cheap, usual and trashy lines that are considered quote on quote "jokes".

In some scenes, the editing gets very annoying because it's really choppy for no good reason, it felt like an amateur music video which is not good.

Despite all the negatives, I kinda found myself enjoying the majority of this flick, like I said there are some really good scenes to enjoy, the hyperbolic plot adds to the comedy, and having real trans women throughout the film is a nice touch, there is some obvious fake "action" going on, and it may also get too cheesy during the final scene, but I don't mind all of that, plus the whole thing is only 88 minutes short.

Some would consider "Tangerine" to be a bad movie, some would even call it a great one, I found myself to be sitting right in the middle while understanding both perspectives, it's an okay film. This is a Matinee.