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Big Words
Directed byNeil Drumming
Screenplay byNeil Drumming
Produced byMatthew Keene Smith
Starring
CinematographyCliff Charles
Edited byKeith Overton
Music byNeil Drumming
Production
company
Distributed byArray[1]
Release date
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Big Words is the feature film debut of writer/director Neil Drumming and premiered at Slamdance Film Festival in January 2013.[2] Drumming wrote and directed.

Plot

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Set on November 4, 2008, the night of Barack Obama's historic election as the first black President of the United States,[3] Big Words revolves around three friends who 15 years earlier had had "a promising hip-hop group and are now dealing with the challenges of being in their late 30s."[4]

Distribution

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The collective African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement (AFFRM) distributed the film.[5] Big Words made its New York premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.[6][7]

Reception

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Selecting the film as a New York Times "Critics' Pick," Jeannette Catsoulis's review praised Drumming's "whip-smart screenplay" and "droll, insightful dialogue," describing the film as "an engrossing, coming-of-middle-age drama."[8] Writing in The Independent, Darren Richman compared Drumming's filmmaking to Noah Baumbach, both in the directors' relationship to the characters their films depict—like Baumbach, "Drumming seems to love his characters because of rather than in spite of their flaws"—and in the films' subject matter, noting that a "sense that things haven’t quite gone to plan, reminiscent of Baumbach’s Greenberg, hangs over Big Words from first frame to last."[9]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "'Neil Drumming's 'Big Words' finds distribution label". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
  2. ^ Martinez, Vanessa (11 July 2013). "Review: Clever 'Big Words' Is A Well-Acted & Engaging Feature Debut By Neil Drumming". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Neil Drumming: In his own words". BBC. October 21, 2014. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  4. ^ Tiggett, Jai (11 July 2013). "Interview: 'Big Words' Director Neil Drumming Talks Hip-Hop, Career, and Influences". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  5. ^ Obenson, Tambay A. (4 May 2015). "Not Yet an AFFRM Rebel? Join the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement…". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  6. ^ Nolan, Hamilton (February 6, 2013). "A Discussion With Neil Drumming, Writer and Director of Big Words". Gawker. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Big Words". BAM.org. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  8. ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (18 July 2013). "Neil Drumming's 'Big Words' Explores Male Disaffection". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  9. ^ Rich, Darren (2017-02-15). "Movies You Might Have Missed - Neil Drumming's Big Words". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2017-02-26. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
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