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Less than a decade ago, Jordan Firstman went megaviral for impersonating banana bread\u2019s publicist. That lo-fi, front-facing comedy gave way to great indie movies, which led to starring on I Love LA, and now culminates in his star vehicle, Club Kid, one of the most exciting upcoming awards-season prospects. The trailer for the film, which came out today, is shockingly sweet for a comedian whose work is typically lacerating. It teases an oddball-duo comedy about a partier named Peter (Firstman) who finds out he has a son named Arlo (Reggie Absolom). Peter is an unnatural fit as a father \u2014 he awakes one morning to find Arlo wearing a T-shirt that says \u201cI love Bj\u00f6rk and bareback\u201d \u2014 but he loves Arlo deeply. \u201cSince you got here, I\u2019ve been feeling better about myself,\u201d he tells his son. As a movie about an unlikely man learning to be a father, it kind of looks like it could be called Gay-mer vs. Gay-mer, About a Boy Toy, or Pig Daddy.<\/p>\n
Club Kid was a hit at its Cannes premiere this year, quickly becoming the talk of the Riviera. The film, which also stars Diego Calva and Cara Delevingne, scored rave reviews, with our critic Alison Willmore writing that \u201cClub Kid is funny, and filled with deft jokes, but there\u2019s a stylistic exuberance to it that attests to how Firstman wasn\u2019t just thinking in terms of verbal punchlines.\u201d After a bidding war, A24 won the release rights for $17 million, and now it\u2019s heading straight for a primo award-season release in November. Get ready to roll.<\/p>\n
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