First trailer for 'Landline' reveals festival hit led by Jenny Slate

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Recently, streaming services like Netflix and Amazon have been scouring the festival markets for distribution and potential Oscar pushes. Though Netflix hasn’t had any success yet, the latter did distribute Manchester by the Sea last year and now has another potential festival hit on their hands with Landline, and we have the trailer for you below.

            Landline is the latest collaboration between Jenny Slate and director, Gillian Robespierre who worked together previously for Obvious Child. The 1995-set dramedy is about a young woman and her sister whose life turns upside down when discovering that their father may be having an affair. This leads to shenanigans, self-discovery and tons of complications in their lives. This movie looks a bit all over the place and though I love all of the talent involved, I hope it winds up being a better movie than the trailer puts on display. The movie was mixed at Sundance by critics so we’ll have to wait and see for ourselves.

            Check out the trailer below for Landline! The movie stars Jenny Slate, Abby Quinn, John Turturro, Edie Falco and Jay Duplass. Landline hits theaters on July 21^st, look for it to hit Amazon for streaming quickly after as well.