Small Engine Repair

...the sort of slice-of-life, drinking buddies tested melodrama that will resonate with a lot of American men...

...will leave you quivering in your seat and lodge itself in your psyche for days after the final credits roll.

...a viewing experience you won’t easily shake off, not today and not for a long time.

...Pollono's craftmanship is worthy of respect: He threads the needle so delicately, and then he takes viewers somewhere most of them likely never expected to go, and never wanted to.