What is Middletown About?
What if its toxic?
someone asks in the opening scene ofMiddletownas they step into a local river.
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Its meant as a joke, but the audience will soon discover theres a chilling irony in it.
This is in no small part due to thelarger-than-life characters that pop up.
And yet they do.
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Theodore Pellerin, Archie Madekwe, and Havana Rose Liu star in The Bear and Beef writers directorial debut.
Its just as affecting to watch them grill adults in positions of power and hold them accountable.
Garbage is gold, one ofMiddletowns subjects says of the lucrativeness of the business.
Middletownpremiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
