Change Your Image
cscottwilkerson
Reviews
Hidden Hills (2013)
Charming, funny, a film of ideas
The world is beautiful, strange, and upside down. Nowhere is this more evident than in Dan Steadman's retro-postmodern-screwball counter-factual comedy: the 1960s spun on the axis of an alternate universe in which things are decidedly "straightforward" but not always clear. As an exploration of the often-puzzling rules informing sexual politics and racial identity, this film is both a wildly-inventive, Topsy-Turvy critique of our culture and a sweetly resonant argument for personal freedom. Steadman's writing, like his cinematic vision, is stylized, smart, and deeply humane. With its witty direction, splendid cast, and knowing score, we discover something extraordinary hidden in the hills: the limitless possibilities for human grace and the transformative power of love. These are indeed ideas that everyone can come out and embrace!