Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Trigger Happy
This is a dark comedy about 2 couples in their unhappy marriages. George is married to Annie. He is a pathetic loser working at a demeaning job & saddled with crushing debts. She is the breadwinner, an insurance broker, & an aspiring actress trying out for an infomercial part. Annie’s best friend is Gemma who is married to unemployed entrepreneur Mikey. Gemma is having an affair. Mikey is focused on his pies. George dreams of escaping his miserable life & jetting off to the Bahamas. Frustrated, George hatches a plan to murder his wife to collect on the insurance policy money. However, in this wild, way over-the-top film, a lot goes wrong. It’s a comedy of errors as passive aggressive behavior, mistrust, & suspicion leads them all on a collision course. Black comedies have a harder time reaching their audience with that same quirky sense of humor. In too many, they appear far too silly & ridiculous to be entertaining .
Alien gives it 2 “ WOW sponges” stars out of 4.
