Taglines: Doing nothing is exhausting.
In Lazy Susan, Susan has always been the self-centered oddball in her family, who lazily skated through life with their grudging support until one day she wakes up to realize she’s middle-aged with no job, no relationship, and an increasingly estranged family. She finally decides to take charge and turn things around, but never having done anything herself before, the struggle is real (and hilarious) as Susan becomes the woman she always wanted to be, all on her own.
Lazy Susan is a 2020 American comedy film directed by Nick Peet and starring Sean Hayes, Carys McGrogy, Allison Janney, Matthew Broderick, Carrie Aizley, Margo Martindale, Jim Rash, Kiel Kennedy, Timothy Woods, Danny Johnson, Darlene Hunt and Skipp Sudduth. The film was released on April 3, 2020 in the United States.
About the Story
Susan O’Connell (Sean Hayes) is a woman in her 40s with no job or ambition, and has been financially dependent on her family for her whole life. She chronically sleeps past noon and does nothing but make collages all day long. Susan must regularly ask for rent money from her mother, Mary. Susan’s brother Cameron and his wife Wendy both despise that Susan burdens Mary, who is single and in poor health; it is mentioned that Mary’s husband abandoned the family when Susan and Cameron were young. Susan’s only friends are Corrine, who is married with children, and Cameron and Wendy’s young daughter Jenika, who admires Susan’s artistic abilities.
Susan frequently either lies to others about her job status or sensationalizes reasons why she cannot work. She has an ongoing rivalry with Velvet Swensen, a former high school classmate who works at the local K-Mart that Susan frequents. Each woman brags to the other about her accomplishments, but while Susan’s are all fabricated, it is implied that Velvet’s are real.
One day Susan is rear-ended while paused at a stop sign. She finds that the man who hit her car is Phil, a member of her gym to whom she is attracted. Phil and Susan flirt with each other, and the two begin dating. Susan quickly defaults to her typical modus operandi of mooching off of others, and relies on Phil to support her financially; Phil generously showers her with clothes and gifts. Susan brags to her family and Velvet about Phil, whom she believes is the only promising thing in her life, and begins planning her future around him.
Corrine tells Susan about a talent contest hosted by a local radio station; there is a large cash prize for the winning act. Putting together a ukulele-and-flute duo called Uku-Lady and the Tramp, the two begin practicing for the contest. Cameron and Wendy meanwhile announce plans to take Mary and Jenika on a family vacation to Niagara Falls. Cameron flatly tells Susan that she must pay her own way if she wants to come, as he is tired of supporting her.
Lazy Susan (2020)
Directed by: Nick Peet
Starring: Sean Hayes, Carys McGrogy, Allison Janney, Matthew Broderick, Carrie Aizley, Margo Martindale, Jim Rash, Kiel Kennedy, Timothy Woods, Danny Johnson, Darlene Hunt, Skipp Sudduth
Screenplay by: Carrie Aizley, Sean Hayes, Darlene Hunt
Production Design by: Rocio Gimenez
Cinematography by: Ludovic Littee
Film Editing by: Benjamin Moses Smith
Costume Design by: Gunnar Deatherage
Set Decoration by: Jimena Azula, Alison Melillo
Art Direction by: Lauren Nester
Music by: Scott Icenogle
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Shout! Studios
Release Date: April 3, 2020
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