Film Review – O’Dessa

Filmmaking ambition is a hard thing to find these days. Storytelling formula usually wins out in the end, and viewers tend to respond to such familiarity, as it provides comfort and, hopefully, a good time at the theater. Writer/director Geremy Jasper attempt to mount a major musical event in “O’Dessa,” which is his follow-up to the 2017 hit (and box office bomb), “Patti Cakes.” The helmer remains in a musical mood with his latest effort, detailing a ruinous future world of digital distraction facing the might of a young woman and her uniquely powerful voice. The film is a fantasy, and while Jasper doesn’t have access to a significant budget to realize his setting, he does have a strange imagination for the endeavor. It’s not entirely successful as a drama, but “O’Dessa” contains some wild world-building and Tomorrowland touches, joined by an excellent soundtrack, which turns this deeply flawed offering into “The Apple” for Generation Z. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com