Jacob Wysocki, John C.Reilly
“TERRI” My rating: C+ (Opening Aug. 26 at the Tivoli)
105 minutes | MPAA rating: R
Taking a cue from its Baby Huey-ish title character, “Terri” has a big heart.
But you’ve got to wade through a lot of weirdness to get a glimpse of it.
The nominal hero of director Azazel Jacobs’ film is an obese bundle of lethargy. Not that Terri (Jacob Wysocki) has a whole lot to get excited about.
Abandoned by his parents, the teen lives in a sort of bric-a-brac-littered fairy tale cottage in the middle of the woods with his Uncle James (Creed Bratton), who is battling dementia.
One day Uncle James seems alert and erudite; the next he’s a drowsy zombie.
It’s hard to tell who’s taking care of whom.
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