2018 Directed by Aaron Wertheimer
In search of transcendence through stone skipping, an idealistic drifter arrives in a quiet lakeside town. Facing resistance from unimpressed locals, and pursued by members of his former skipping crew, he is forced to consider the merit of his lifelong quest.
escribed by the team behind it as an "existential indie sports comedy," the 72-minute Skippers is practically the definition of a quirky comedy. The film tells the story of a mysterious drifter named Carver (Chris Roberti, Sport Court) who arrives in a small town and subsequently breathes life into it by teaching the Zen of stone skipping. However, when he gets too close to Josie (Kate Villanova), the sister of a powerful local (Kenny Zimlinghaus), stones might not be the only thing sinking to the bottom of the river.
Written and directed by Aaron Wertheimer, Skippers is a rather unusual little comedy that weaves together a sort of dry soulfulness amidst its absurdist humor and situations that are so far…
umm wow.
a three star rating means i'd recommend to others. the only thing holding back a three star rating is how angry someone likely would be if i recommended this
Skippers is Aaron Wertheimer's follow up to 2015's Wedgerino. It's got the same mixture of Stella-influenced childlikeness and mumblecore-type emotional intelligence. I didn't enjoy it quite as much as Wedgerino, but I still laughed through a lot of it.
