Chris Kelly’s Typical Vibe
2 films — measured, wistful, intense, clear, gritty

Highest-ranked title
Chris Kelly has 2 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.

David, a struggling comedy writer fresh off from breaking up with his boyfriend, moves from New York City to Sacramento to help his sick mother. Living with his conservative father and much-younger sisters for the first time in ten years, he feels like a stranger in his childhood home. As his mother’s health declines, David frantically tries to extract meaning from this horrible experience and convince everyone (including himself) that he's "doing okay.”
Dir. Chris Kelly · With Jesse Plemons, Molly Shannon, Bradley Whitford

An innocent young man, Jack, goes on an epic quest to rescue his sister Lula after she has been kidnapped by the violent killer Cut Throat Bill and her gang. To save her, Jack enlists the help of a crafty bounty hunter named Reginald Jones, a grave-digging alcoholic son of an ex-slave, and a street-smart prostitute. The gang tracks Cut Throat Bill into the deadly no-man’s land known as The Big Thicket — a place where blood and chaos reign.
Dir. Elliott Lester · With Peter Dinklage, Juliette Lewis, Levon Hawke