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Relaxer (2018)

Relaxer poster
Directed by
Joel Potrykus
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
18A
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 40 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man in 1999 sits on a couch playing Pac-Man and refuses to get up. He faces various strange interruptions while trying to beat the game.

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What happens

Relaxer is a 2018 American comedy film written and directed by Joel Potrykus. It stars Joshua Burge, David Dastmalchian, Andre Hyland, Amari Cheatom, and Adina Howard. Set in 1999, it tells the story of a man playing Pac-Man in a living room. The film premiered at the South by Southwest on March 9, 2018, and Burge won the Best Actor award at the 2018 Fantasia International Film Festival. The film was released in the United States on March 22, 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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