Sad Jokes refuses the sinking feeling

When Sad Jokes gets started you’re pretty sure what you’re getting into — and the title isn’t subtle. But it’s a needed medicine — this film isn’t dark, it’s comically tragic. It sits in the quiet of its own contemplation and refuses to be defined by it. It breaks out into absurdity to cut through the intensity. When it gets heavy, it’s relentless, but any lovers of morbid humour are greatly rewarded.

There is a mournful quality running throughout - not just sad, but stuck in some way. Like a pattern is repeating that no one can identify. The humour serves as a coping mechanism and a marker of time. It turns up to remind you why life isn’t just an inescapable sinking feeling. When you laugh, you laugh well.

The pattern that’s repeating is catharsis. I totally loved this film.