A bittersweet, blackly comic riff on Thelma and
Louise, with a flourish of Bring Me the Head of Alfredo
Garcia thrown in for good measure, Chedeng &
Apple is part road trip comedy, part lesbian romance, part off-kilter
voyage of self-reclamation. After all, one title character spends most of the
movie toting a Louis Vuitton bag holding the severed head of her abusive
husband. Sounds like a hoot, right?
On the run from the law, searching for a long lost love,
it’s sweet and earnest, hilarious and absurd. In the end, it’s two women raging
against an unfair system, a sharp denunciation of societal misogyny, and a
rowdy salute to enduring friendship. [Grade: B+]
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