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Lisa Conroy (Regina Hall) is the last person you’d expect to find in a highway-side “sports bar with curves”—but as general manager at Double Whammies, she’s come to love the place and its customers. An incurable den mother, she nurtures and protects her girls fiercely, but over the course of one trying day, her optimism is battered from every direction. Brimming with low-key wit and humanism, the latest from indie writer-director Andrew Bujalski (Computer Chess, Results) combines a delightfully raunchy female-fronted hangout comedy and a sympathetic, clear-eyed portrait of one woman’s struggle for personal and professional fulfillment in an industry where exploitation and discrimination are the norm. Elevated by Hall’s multifaceted lead performance and charismatic supporting turns from Haley Lu Richardson (Columbus), Shayna McHayle, and James LeGros, Support the Girls is a modest marvel of craft and commitment.
Director Andrew Bujalski | 2018 | In English | 90 minutes | R (for language including sexual references, and brief nudity) | DCP
