In a harsh world, porridge provides.
This is somewhat of a difficult review to write. Usually I throw on something in the background for ambient noise. An optional distraction my eyes can wander over to when the novelty of writing wears thin. One small problem: The Golden Spurtle is the movie I started while writing this. It felt like an obvious choice, yet here I am. 20 minutes have disappeared and only two paragraphs are on the page. Once again I have been sucked into watching people take oatmeal very seriously.
The Golden Spurtle is a bright spark of charm, quirk, and passion. As many people from small towns will tell you, pitching a documentary as being “about the quirky characters in a small town” is an immediate red flag. Great, somebody took a camera crew to a village of people minding their business and filmed until they got some kooky characters. Groundbreaking.
Director Constantine Costi had other ideas.
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