Magic Hour Review: Katie Aselton & Daveed Diggs Are Great, But Buried

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"Style over substance" is a common refrain in film criticism, and, sometimes, those films deserve it. But the relationship between these two things isn't really an either-or proposition, nor is pursuing one instead of the other the only potential problem. Magic Hour, for example, which Katie Aselton directed, stars in, and co-wrote with Mark Duplass, has plenty of substance. The central conceit is both interesting and clever, it's often touchingly performed, and it has some ideas that are, when dwelt on, quite profound. But the story is wrapped in a self-consciously "artistic" style that is only rarely additive. More often, it just gets in the way.
Alex Harrison

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