Screening times:
Thursday, July 25, 6:30 PM
Saturday, July 27, 6:30 PM - Half-capacity screening
Hannah Pearl Utt | United States | 2022 | 92m
with Megan Stalter, Jojo T. Gibbs, Manny Jacinto, Ayden Mayeri, Thomas Mann, Chrissie Fit, Andre Hyland, Chelsea Peretti, Margaret Cho, Darrell Hammond
Cora (Meg Stalter) is a musician scraping by in Los Angeles, doing coffee shop gigs and talking up her questionable talent and experience to anyone who will listen. She'll hook up when it suits her, but tender and sensitive aren't in her vocabulary. It's fair to say, in fact, that Cora is terminally self-involved and overbearing. The transparency of her bluster, and her sharp wit, might be enough to make her likeable -- that or her actual love for her long-distance girlfriend, Justine (Jojo T. Gibbs) who lives back in her hometown of Portland, Oregon.
Justine's just about to graduate from college and Cora, who wasn't planning on attending the ceremony or graduation party, flies in unexpectedly to find that Justine actually has a new live-in partner. Neither Cora or Justine have been entirely honest with the other, but it's Cora who, with her many insecurities, is especially put out by the new dynamic. The trip back home forces her to face the truth of who she is and the source of her toxic behaviour.
Actor-turned-director Hannah Pearl Utt and writer Rhianon Jones dip into a deeply cringe well of awkward humour in this scrappy American indie comedy. Comedian Meg Stalter (known for her work in Hacks) carries the movie, finding a melancholy truth in her performance at Cora, with solid support from Canadian star Manny Jacinto (The Good Place) while American comic giants Darrell Hammond, Margaret Cho, and Chelsea Peretti all shine in pointed cameos.
"The moments in which Cora’s self-assured facade slips bring richness and depth to the film; Stalter seamlessly weaves humor and sincerity, never softening her distinct comedic voice but grounding the character in reality." -Kylie Bolter, Chicago Reader
"With 'Hacks' scene-stealer Megan Stalter as the deluded, yet broken title character, 'Cora Bora' masks a gut-punch story in great cringe-comedy trappings." -Kate Bove, Screen Rant
"'Cora Bora' plays like a funny, fleshed-out character portrait of a flailing young woman trying to understand why her equally abrasive and aloof demeanor are doing her no favors." -Manuel Betancourt, Variety
Tickets $8.75 ($8 cash at the door if available).
Half capacity Saturday
