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‘Notice to Quit’ Review: A New York City Broker at Wits’ End Unravels in Uneven Character Portrait
Michael Zegen stars in Simon Hacker’s frenzied father-daughter dramedy, 'Notice to Quit,' which is equal parts sitcom and Safdie brothers.
Simon Hacker ’s father-daughter comedy “ Notice to Quit ” understands this well, which is why the real estate broker it follows on this terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day keeps coming back to the bounteous promises an AC unit can offer. In an on-the-nose touch, Andy has also spilled coffee on his shirt at the very start of his day — a detail that drives the point a little bit too hard, even as it sets up the way “Notice to Quit” will continually ask us to proffer its sad sack of an estranged dad a modicum of sympathy his actions may not wholly deserve. With a too-neat premise rubbing up against a clearly lived-in sense of place, “Notice to Quit” feels like an amiable sitcom pilot set in the New York City of the Safdie brothers (where time is of the essence if Andy wants to keep all of his fingers!).
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