It’s one thing to direct an episode of the sitcom on which you appeared for six seasons.
“Schitt’s Creek” star Daniel Levy aced that exercise back in 2020, earning an Emmy for co-helming the series finale.
But it’s an entirely different challenge to write and direct a smart, sensitive original feature in which you also play the lead character — a feat Levy deftly achieves with New Year’s tearjerker “Good Grief,” giving those unsatisfied with the rest of Netflix’s fluffy Christmas fare something substantial to kick off 2024.The first week of January seems a fitting time to release a film about three friends shedding their skin for the next chapter in their lives.
Appropriately enough, Levy’s debut also sees him leveling up as a more serious storyteller than we’d given him credit for.
It was easy to pigeonhole Levy as a comedic talent, given father Eugene’s improv chops,…
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