The Secret Art of Human Flight

2023 American film
  • June 8, 2023 (2023-06-08) (Tribeca)
  • July 3, 2024 (2024-07-03) (United States)
Running time
107 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

The Secret Art of Human Flight is a 2023 American fantasy comedy drama film written by Jesse Orenshein, directed by H.P. Mendoza and starring Grant Rosenmeyer.

Plot

Cast

  • Grant Rosenmeyer as Ben Grady
  • Paul Raci as Mealworm
  • Lucy DeVito as Gloria
  • Nican Robinson as Tom
  • Reina Hardesty as Sarah
  • Rosa Arredondo as Detective Reyes
  • Maggie Grace as Wendy
  • Sendhil Ramamurthy as Roger

Release

The film premiered at the Tribeca Festival on June 8, 2023.[1] In March 2024, it was announced that Level 33 Entertainment acquired the distribution rights to the film, which will be released in theaters in July 3, 2024.[2]

Reception

The film has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on nine reviews.[3]

Peter Debruge of Variety gave the film a positive review and wrote, "This high-concept, lo-fi indie drama could have gone spiraling off into insufferably eccentric territory, but instead remains grounded in its focus on a young creative type coping with the loss off his soulmate."[4]

Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com also gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Writer Jesse Orenstein and director H.P. Mendoza are good at poker-faced goofiness, and there's a characteristically excellent supporting performance by Sound of Metal star Paul Raci..."[5]

References

  1. ^ Lattanzio, Ryan (June 7, 2023). "H.P. Mendoza and Paul Raci Channel Our Weird Obsession with Self-Help in 'Secret Art of Human Flight' — Tribeca First Look". IndieWire. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  2. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 19, 2024). "Tribeca Film Festival Title 'The Secret Art Of Human Flight' Acquired By Level 33 Entertainment". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  3. ^ "The Secret Art of Human Flight". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  4. ^ Debruge, Peter (June 9, 2023). "'The Secret Art of Human Flight' Review: A Grieving Man Spreads His Wings in H.P Mendoza's (Not Too) Quirky Fable". Variety. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  5. ^ Matt Zoller Seitz (June 17, 2023). "Tribeca 2023: Fresh Kills, The Graduates, The Secret Art of Human Flight". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved March 30, 2024.

External links

  • The Secret Art of Human Flight at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • The Secret Art of Human Flight at Rotten Tomatoes