Back in the hay day of mumblecore, maybe even before the phrase was coined, Joe Swanberg directed a fun little comedy called Uncle Kent, about cartoonist Kent Osborn smoking pot and trying to sleep with a woman he met on Chatroulette. Now, Uncle Kent 2 is finally getting released, which sees the return of Osborn who is desperately trying to craft a sequel to the first Uncle Kent. Swanberg directs the first 12 minutes of the film, with Todd Rohal (The Catechism Cataclysm) taking over from there.
If nothing else, this is definitely a unique comedy that takes some very bizarre turns, which you can see a bit of in the newly released trailer. You can check out our review of the film from SXSW 2015 here.
Uncle Kent 2 opens in theaters and on VOD platforms August 26th.
In a desperate search to create a follow-up to Joe Swanberg’s 2011 film UNCLE KENT, Kent Osborne travels to a comic book convention in San Diego where he loses his mind and confronts the end of the world. Reuniting in the GREMLINS 2 of “Indie” sequels, Joe Swanberg, Jennifer Prediger and Tipper Newton return in a surrealist look into Osborne’s madness. Written by Osborne and passing the directors’ torch over to Todd Rohal (THE CATECHISM CATACLYSM) UNCLE KENT 2 plays out like an absurdist successor that bends the rules of sequels and the minds of the audience.
