Adam Scott Q&A at the Cedar Lee Theatre for "The Overnight" on July 3rd

[Press release from Cleveland Cinemas.]

 

Continuing not only its commitment of presenting the most interesting films to Cleveland but also of providing audiences rare, direct access to the key talent from these works, the Cedar Lee Theatre (2163 Lee Rd., Cleveland Hts.) will be hosting a live via Skype Q&A with ADAM SCOTT, star of the new comedy THE OVERNIGHT. The Q&A will take place following the 7:15 PM showing at the Cedar Lee on Friday, July 3^rd.

 

In THE OVERNIGHT Alex (Adam Scott), Emily (Taylor Schilling), and their son, RJ, have recently moved to Los Angeles's Eastside from Seattle. Feeling lost in a new city, they are desperate to find their first new friends. After a chance meeting with Kurt (Jason Schwartzman) at the neighborhood park, they gladly agree to join family pizza night at his home. But as it gets later and the kids go to bed, the family "playdate" becomes increasingly more revealing as the couples begin to open up.

 

The Overnight

Review by Milan Paurich

If Jason Schwartzman's Max Fischer from RUSHMORE had grown up to become an internet fetish porn mogul and moved to Los Angeles with his (French!) wife and young son, he could be Kurt in Patrick Brice's THE OVERNIGHT. That's my theory and I'm sticking with it. Of course, virtually every role Schwartzman has played since his breakthrough performance in Wes Anderson's 1998 masterpiece--many of them in other Anderson movies--has felt like an extension of uber-precocious nerd Max. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Certainly my abiding affection for Schwartzman-as-Max helped in navigating Kurt's considerable "ick factor." When we first make his acquaintance, Kurt is charming the pants off recently transplanted Seattle married couple Alex (Adam Scott) and Emily (Taylor Schilling from Netflix's "Orange is the New Black"). After an impromptu meeting in a Silver Lake park--their toddlers have just hit it off on the playground--Kurt impulsively invites mom, dad and RJ (RJ Hermes) over to his house for a playdate, both for the kids and their parents. Since Emily and Alex had been hoping to make some new friends, it's an offer they simply can't refuse.