Fay Grim

Fay Grimm is a great little film... well made, nice production qualities... an entertaining gem with the lovely Paker Posey delighting throughout.

It is one of those fun films that returns more to the viewer/renter than it costs to view it, so it lands squarely into the category of "how did this not get a sustained wide release?"

Posey does a heck of job pulling off thigh-high leather boots and trench coat, too. (see imdb photo)


On a side note --- Fay Grim solidifies my thought that Parker Posey and Mary-Louise Parker would be a good match in a movie together... perhaps as sisters.

I can't recommend Fay Grim as a sequel to Henry Fool. I was so excited when it was being released, that first viewing was one of the harshest let downs I've ever experienced...as a standalone film it might be more impressive, but I'm so in love with the characters that I hated to watch them go through everything that takes place in this film, and while at times it was interesting and amusing to see them in the genre of an indie espionage thriller with a slight comedic edge, ultimately it's very sour and doesn't really revolve around the same atmosphere of HF, which was more delicate, intimate, and character driven. In FG they seem hollow and more like puppets acting to further a plot. I think FG would have been easier to take if it was a cast of original characters only loosely connected to the Henry Fool world.