
A short film about a teenage boy named Gavin Grey, who has a big secret and throughout the course of a family dinner, gets unexpectedly unveiled.
This film manages to be simultaneously topical and timeless. Without being preachy, it highlights society’s flawed relationship with tech; insights into the complex ideas of family struggle are expertly dispersed among a perfectly paced and balanced story.
I hope that more people will see Joyland, understand the situation, and eventually change themselves and society so we can have a more accommodating world where everyday tragedies like the one depicted in the film do not occur.
I hadn’t heard of it either until recently—and yet, it’s one of the highest grossing movies of all time.