It is fiction within fiction, a fantasia dreamed up by a sad old custodian before committing suicide. Once Jake and the woman get into the school, they discover.total annihilation.Įverything I just told you is also a lie, and not in the sense that this is a fictional movie. ![]() ![]() They stop for ice cream, then stop at a high school to throw the ice cream away, only to notice a creepy old custodian watching them, and Jake chases him into the school. Once this is over, the couple goes for another drive, where he tells her about things she doesn't remember, and she claims she drank too much wine and talks at length about A Woman Under the Influence while doing a perfect Pauline Kael impression. When they get to the parents' house, they're met with parents who seem to be talking through them rather than with them while also constantly changing appearance, a dog that won't stop shaking, a foreboding basement with unexplainable laundry, and children's photos that don't match with how Jake looks. Along the way, they'll engage in numerous conversations that touch on ideas that range from the poetic to the philosophical to the mundane realities of being in a relationship. This is the tale of a young woman ( Jessie Buckley) and Jake ( Jesse Plemons), a couple going on a road trip to meet Jake's parents ( David Thewlis and Toni Collette).
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