Sacramento

● Anti-Note
• Sacramento, directed by Michael Angarano

The central issue (or rather, the main flaw) of the film lies in the filmmaker’s claim and motivation surrounding the core theme: the rekindling of a friendship between two old friends. This theme remains frustratingly undeveloped before the third act. By “undeveloped,” I don’t mean the film fails to plant the theme entirely (though that too is debatable), but rather, it’s the way it’s introduced that is problematic.

The theme of rekindled friendship gets lost amid the sub-themes: the burdens of adulthood and the fea...