Lake George

Prolific TV director Jeffrey Reiner unobtrusively slides this laid-back sunshine noir onto movie screens. The story follows a very average guy, a former insurance salesman named Don (Shea Whigham), who got in over his head once, went to prison, got his arm messed up, and is still paying the price for engaging in white-collar crime. In order to get out of LA and start his life over in the eponymous mountain region, he must "take care of someone" for his former boss. But Don is hardly a killer, and the woman he's sent to bump off (Carrie Coon) is hardly someone easily killed. Wingham and Coon have a nice report as mismatched characters thrown together by circumstance who can't help feeling somewhat drawn to each other. It's nice to see a contemporary neo-noir that isn't in a rush—barely any feeling of urgency or threat driving this story—or trying to make some kind of statement and is centered on middle-aged folks without a whole hell of a lot to lose.