Though no masterpiece, director Daniel Persitz’ short family film entitled “Alex’s Halloween” is a touching and sweet slice of life about a boy with an over active imagination and his quest to get as much candy as possible on Halloween. Starring the hilarious Jane Lynch of “Glee,” she plays an over protective health obsessed mother who reduces her two sons to eating health food for dinner every night and even saves pumpkin guts for soups. Alex’s older brother Matt who openly expresses annoyance toward his little brother who is prone to dressing in costumes and concocting his very own fantastic fantasies, makes a deal with Alex. He’ll go trick or treating with him only if he can get enough candy to last them through the year to avoid eating their mother’s food.
To say that “The Suicide Brothers” is something of a whimsical bit of surrealism is an understatement. “The Suicide Brothers” is an utter demonstration in absolute folklore that meshes urban legend, Tim Burton fantasy, and as an absolute demonstration of that classic tale of a figure seeking death and finding it when they’ve stopped searching. Rupert Friend’s “The Suicide Brothers” is a look at two brothers in the dark forest of Bavaria who take it upon themselves to engage in a ritual suicide attempt almost every single night.