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Problemista Could Use a Little Less Tilda Swinton
And how often can you say that?
But, more than that, it’s an agonizingly vivid depiction of what it’s like to do the kind of job that’s akin to clinging to the back of a rampaging dragon that just might eat you if you get thrown off, to the point where it should come with a trigger warning: If you ever had to serve as an ad hoc IT specialist for a boss who treats technology as a personal affront, this movie may cause traumatic flashbacks. For instance: Alejandro is always coming up with toy ideas that he hopes to put to use in a position at Hasbro he’s unsuccessfully applied for, among them a Barbie who keeps her fingers crossed behind her back in a symbol of her untrustworthiness, and Cabbage Patch Dolls with smartphones they use to send anxious texts to one another. Craigslist, which he trolls for the cash gigs that are all he can work while in visa limbo, is embodied as a coy Larry Owens, who proffers opportunities to sell salon vouchers and do housecleaning fetish stints.
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