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\n\tAs Charli XCX<\/a> debuts her hotly-anticipated film\u00a0The Moment<\/a>\u00a0at Sundance<\/a> Film Festival, the Aidan Zamiri<\/a>-helmed mockumentary is finally marking the end of an era, more than a year after brat summer. The pic repped something of a Charli XCX double-feature tonight following the Gregg Araki-directed I Want Your Sex at the Eccles Theatre here in Park City, UT.<\/p>\n \n\tPlaying a fictionalized version of herself,\u00a0A24\u2019s The Moment\u00a0follows Charli as a pop star embarking on her first arena tour amid the massive success of her new album, which breeds a monster that the artist can no longer control as she continues to question whether to let the suits milk brat summer for all it\u2019s worth or end the party on her terms.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s all cringe,\u201d she and her team agree early in the film of the ongoing\u00a0bratmania, which she struggles to let go of in her journey with stardom.<\/p>\n Charli delivers a heightened, dynamic performance as a young woman grappling with the absurdity of fame and the loss of her creative freedom, something only protected by her trusted friend and tour creative director Collette (Hailey Gates).<\/p>\n Their creative harmony and Charli\u2019s mental wellbeing are threatened when her label brings in toxic concert film director Johannes (Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd), a role that seems custom fit for the Swedish actor, who takes up all the oxygen in the room with an effortless chauvinism.<\/p>\n \n\tTorn between her creative freedom and her global success, Charli (the actress) gives the most powerful performance of her young onscreen career as Charli (the musician), showing off her range with plenty of unhinged comedic winks to the fans, as well as an endearing vulnerability of an artist and human struggling with her identity.<\/p>\n A star-studded roster features some \u2018It\u2019 girls of years gone by, including Rosanna Arquette, Kylie Jenner, Rachel Sennott and Julia Fox. The ensemble also includes Isaac Powell, Rish Shah, Kate Berlant and cameos galore.<\/p>\n A time capsule of 2024, that brief moment of optimism in which the world was painted\u00a0brat\u00a0green, Charli opted for this meta satire, as opposed to churning out another concert film into the world. What fans got instead of the oversaturated music doc genre the film so deliciously satirizes, is a spiritual sequel to\u00a0Spice World\u00a0(1997) as a psychological thriller, and I don\u2019t think any of them will complain.<\/p>\n Longtime collaborator A.G. Cook provided the music for\u00a0The Moment, including the recently released singles \u2018Dread\u2019 and \u2018Offscreen\u2019, adding an emotional tinge to Charli\u2019s already visceral music.<\/p>\n Having conceived the idea for The Moment as an outlet for her experience with fame while on her own brat tour, Zamiri and co-writer Bertie Brandes brought Charli\u2019s vision to life with a heartfelt peek behind the curtain of one of today\u2019s biggest stars.<\/p>\n Producers are Charli XCX and David Hinojosa.<\/p>\n \n\tThe Moment gets its moment on the big screen in a limited release on Jan. 30. <\/p>\n \n\tTitle:\u00a0The Moment
Festival: Sundance (Premieres)
Director: Aidan Zamiri
Screenwriters:\u00a0Aidan Zamiri and Bertie Brandes
Cast:\u00a0Charli XCX, Rosanna Arquette, Kate Berlant, Jamie Demetriou, Hailey Gates and Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd
Distributor:\u00a0A24
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