I feel like I should be embarrassed for laughing even half as much as I did at this silly, pointless, borderline annoying film. The goddamn thing has Bhad “Cash me outside” Bhabie in a small role… what kind of self-respecting adult would admit to enjoying a movie with that vibe? Jesus… something’s wrong with me.
Drugstore June is about a 30 something Millennial who still lives with her parents (James Remar and Beverly D’Angelo!?!) and works (if you want to call it that) at a local pharmacy. Someone robs her job and she decides that she’ll figure out who… using her utter and total lack of special skills.
Esther Povitsky is our titular hero… and she’s annoying. She’s every Millennial cliché rolled up into one triggered ball of exasperation. She should not work… but the more her clueless, entitled babbling goes, the more I giggled. Especially when confronted with any actual adult, especially the cops who can’t believe this bullshit is happening to them.
And that’s the whole movie… just a bizarre ramblomatic bunch of nonsense as this clueless vapid ninny tries to navigate adulthood and solve crime. Does she make any progress? Maybe? Somehow. Accidentally. More likely she just fantasizes the rest of her life randomly and makes baseless accusations until maybe she cracks the case. Or not.
I ain’t got no excuse… I giggled. Maybe I was in a punch drunk kind of mood. I can totally see anyone (and this means you) of any generation unable to get over the clueless ‘tude of this annoying character. But that’s where the giggles came from. I laughed… and that’s worth something.
Score: 78