CFF Review: ‘Events Transpiring Before, During, and After a High School Basketball Game’

2021Reviews
Written By Rebecca Feldbin

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by Chris Luciantonio

Like an eye-opening snapshot that breaks through the rose-tinted memories of high school, the deadpan Events Transpiring Before, During, and After a High School Basketball Game is a uniquely hysterical look at the mundanity of adolescence filtered through the supposed dramatics of the sports film super genre. With his verbosely titled debut feature, writer-director Ted Stenson laces an ensemble cast of mostly amateur actors around a Robert Altman level of running subplots and storylines to craft a comedic experience like few others.

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Rebecca Feldbin
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