Miranda July’s quirky and original “Kajillionaire,” has the uber-talented writer-director of “Me, You and Everyone We Know” tackling the Dyne clan, a husband-wife-daughter team of criminals forging petty crimes in Los Angeles. These eccentric neurotics embrace the dream of someday becoming “Kajillionaires.” The Dynes are Robert, Theresa (Richard Jenkins and Debra Winger) and their 26 year-old daughter Old Dolio (Evan Rachel Wood). They dress like shlubs, in oversized thrift shop-like clothes, whilst their daughter Old Dolio (I know, that name) lacks the emotional development and quite frankly, maturity, to make it in the real world. In fact, all three of these outcasts look like they belong on another planet. They seem to operate on a daily basis solely to pay the $500 rent of their cubicle office home, which is three months overdue. They eventually meet a millennial (Gina Rodriguez) who helps them plan a con to pay their debts. July sees the world in such beautifully unique ways that the con seems turns out to be secondary to the relationships forged. In “Kajillionaire,” she tries to show us how we all need warmth and human connection in life, no matter how much try to isolate ourselves. Although the film feels slight at times, there is an abundance of humanism in July’s screenplay. The strangeness of the whole thing may distance some, but July is a true original. [B] Contribute Hire me
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