Beeswax

Mumblecore may not be a form that endures – at least judging from this third effort from the genre's grandaddy. A tale of two sisters, one in a wheelchair, one not, both mid-30s, both in and out of beds and jobs in Austin, Texas, it's considerably less charming than his previous two, Funny Ha-Ha and Mutual Appreciation. There's a lot less romance: – the sisters' chief traits are kooky grins and insufferable self-absorption. Yet it's weirdly gripping, an authentically banal slice of life. Mumblecore must die. But maybe from its ashes will come something spikier, stranger.