Hartford-set ‘Midas’ is missing the mark
There is a place that is a bit unconventional in “Midas”, a heist comedy that is local to Hartford, which is also starry because it is “written and directed” by its homegrown TJ Noel-Sullivan who does this for the first time. And considering how the overwhelming majority of them, I’m certain, feel about the city, if it could appear any more welcoming than that. Nothing could be better. Except for the fact that these optics provided by the Chamber of Commerce run into a brick wall known as Noel-Sullivan and his brutal take on the region’s lifeline the insurance industry.
It’s the insurance industry that must have been devoured by evil in this narrative of three barely 20 and some things betraying the “Insurance Capital of the World’s” ethos about caring for health and health coverage, particularly for black impoverished claimants. Sure he used some dramatic liberties, but really, it’s kind of fascinating how he goes about it. Criticizing the richer and more influential is quite well within arms reach of making a direct shot out of the joke, quite literally.
He is aided in this endeavor by a mostly unfamiliar cast that has both local and national people. In many ways, they prove to be a tremendous value in keeping you invested in what otherwise should be a story that tried our limits concerning believability. It begins with notable actor Laquan Copeland playing the role of a college dropout Ricky Pryce who works as a delivery driver for Grub Hub so that he can take care of his younger sister and mother who is struggling with a terminal illness.
When his two buddies Victor and Sunita invite him to a large-scale pool birthday party hosted at June Cottone’s new position Gregory Brent Sierra of Midas Insurance Company, there is a twist of fate as it always happens when it’s least expected. To make things worse for Midas, they recently shocked Ricky’s mother, Ricky’s mother, Horrifying, Ricky’s mother was offloaded from her job and was immediately canceled her health coverage.
Revenge is sweet and so is meeting for the first time the beautiful daughter of Brent, Claire with Ricky. Embarrassed for Ralph, a Connecticut Native Ivy League Yale student, he, in a Harvard T-shirt lies about his wealth, power, and education when he meets Claire, her girlfriend. This lie comes in handy as Claire requests her father, Pops, to find her new boyfriend a job and he conveniently happens to be in a position at the insurance company that deals with claims approval.
Ricky is on his way to issuing approval to all the clients who request it before you can say ‘horse in the chicken house’ Thanks to his manager Tom Brent, Gregory’s pompous nephew, he is now a rubber stamp without the brains.
As far as I am concerned, this was more than enough in terms of conflict for the rest of the story. However, Noel-Sullivan introduces another nonsensical plot of Sunita, Ricky, and Victor, plotting together to hack Tom’s computer to not only reinstate Ricky’s mother’s policy but to also embezzle an additional $300398 from the company; a ridiculous scenario.
Noel-Sullivan seems to have borrowed this trope from a film he must have watched more than a number of times termed “Ocean’s 11.” This is the sort of thing that actually could have benefited him were he a more experienced director, but he is not, and his film’s narrative goes south when he allows the characters to become consumed with escalating exaggerated elements and absurd feats.
I wasn’t gloating where I was not pleased. I would never so go about things rather become exasperated particularly with the change to a major third act which is concerned more with making an impression rather than a meaning. This is where the really captivating factor of Copelands539’s charm and appeal comes to the fore. He is excellent, which is critical because he is in virtually every single shot. Be it a comic moment a comedic one, or in the middle of a performance, he gets it right. “Midas” would be nothing but disastrous without him. With him, it is mostly entertaining, and rather than an insurance claim, it pays off at the end.
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