It would take more explaining than the film merits to articulate why deep-fried rabbit ears are briefly a plot point in “Guest of Honour,” but so they are: The camera grazes over a plat…
David Thewlis, Laysla De Oliveira, Luke Wilson, Rossif Sutherland, Alexandre Bourgeois, Arsinée KhanjianIt would take more explaining than the film merits to articulate why deep-fried rabbit ears are briefly a plot point in “,” but so they are: The camera grazes over a platter of the oval-shaped delicacies, looking invitingly golden-crumbed and crunchy, and for a second any reservations you might have about the unusual menu item fall away.
The wholesome-looking Veronica, it turns out, is only recently out of prison, having served time for improper conduct with her devoted 17-year-old student Clive .
Back in the more recent past, meanwhile, we spend an inordinate amount of time with the rigidly unsympathetic Jim as he scans establishment after establishment for food-handling violations and rodent feces — eventually, in the film’s weirdest of many flexes, fixating obsessively on an Armenian restaurant that becomes the hapless site of his messy, gut-spilling catharsis.
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