Already Missing ‘Severance’? Check Out Britt Lower in This 100% Rotten Tomatoes-Rated Movie Directed by a ‘Lower Decks’ Star

Mr. Roosevelt follows a down-and-out comedian, Emily (Noël Wells), who has to leave L.A. to go back to Austin, Texas, where a family emergency means she has to stay with her ex-boyfriend, Eric (Nick Thune), and the too-good-to-be-true Celeste (Britt Lower). In screenwriting, there is a book called "Save the Cat," which is held up as one of the go-to examples of how to structure a screenplay, with some arguing the book has become overused and gives a rather basic structure for storytelling. Well, Mr. Roosevelt not only seems to embrace this simplicity but uses it to make this comedy an incredibly easy watch with a plot so basic you can pick it up immediately, even if you have come in halfway through. Because of this bland narrative, its characters are given far more freedom to express themselves in scenes that feel closer to SNL skits than film scenes, which could be because Noël Wells wrote and directed this film. The characters in this film are fascinating to observe, with Lower giving a stellar performance that shows some hints of what she would then bring to Severance.