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I presume you are referring to Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die.

Yes, I’ve seen it and I enjoyed it. I’ve written it up a couple of times on FR so I’ll skip that here. It wouldn’t hurt to go in without any expectations and just go with the flow.

It swings at the right targets, and it takes a BIG swing in the third act. I liked where it ended up, but it goes over the head of some people. Who therefore need to watch it again.

Remember: this is a movie on which ALL the big studios and streamers passed when the script was being shopped around. More background has emerged in the buzz, and it seems pretty clear that this was almost entirely due to one storyline — the Susan/Juno Temple loop — that the suits thought was too touchy to handle (i.e., “you can’t make fun of THAT!!!). The suits told the writer over and over again that they loved the concept, the characters and the development, but there was too much risk in the one element, Karens being what Karens are.

The writer wouldn’t budge, and the film’s team went the indie shake-the-money-tree route, cutting costs wherever possible, shooting in South Africa because it was cheaper, and skipping a big promotional campaign.

The Karen backlash didn’t happen, so “Hollywood” blew that call bigtime.

So: it’s a worthy addition to the list of good films that “Hollywood” didn’t have the guts to make. Which is another reason freepers should perhaps take a look at it.

It’s worth seeing in a theater if you still can. If not, it’s available on PVOD on Amazon. I’d recommend the theater over Amazon because ... again ... remember: Amazon passed when the movie script was being shipped around. Don’t let a company that didn’t have the cahones to make it be your gatekeeper.

You’ll have to pay somebody to watch it. Man up and buy a ticket. Pay the theater and pay the filmmakers. Don’t pay a big Hollywood studio or streamer. That alone is worth the schlep to the theater in my book. YMMV.