Uncle Kent

Director: Joe Swanberg
Screenwriters: Kent Osborne, Joe Swanberg

Institute History

  • 2011 Sundance Film Festival

Description

Joe Swanberg makes microbudget, DIY movies with a network of talented friends. A prolific filmmaker, he’s made five feature films and a web series. We’re thrilled to present Uncle Kent, his newest feature and the first of his films to be screened at the Sundance Film Festival.
Forty-year-old Kent Osborne works out of his sunny Los Angeles home as a cartoonist for a children’s show. During his day, he takes bong hits and hangs out with his fluffy cat. Kent hopes to hook up with Kate, a cute New York journalist he met online on Chatroulette, when she comes to stay for the weekend. Although their time together is sexually loaded—they take raunchy pictures and pick up a bicurious girl on Craigslist—things don’t go quite as Kent imagined.
Written by Swanberg and Osborne, the film captures Kent’s existence with comedic charm and understated pathos. No matter how confusing his personal relationships get, he’ll always be Uncle Kent.

— Kim Yutani

Screening Details

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