Spin Me Round (2022)

 As of this writting it's been less then an hour since I learned of the passing of this films co writer and director Jeff Beana. I just watched 'Spin Me Round' on Monday night. Alison Brie is a manager at a chain Italian restaurant in Bakersfield California who is selected to participate in a company retreat in Italy. Once there she quickly finds things kind of off with both the retreat its self and with the odd assortment of Tuscon Grove employees she is more or less stuck with. A quirky, kinda mystery with some good payoffs. The cast is loaded with a kind of stock company of players Beana had accumulated over the years, including Brie, Debby Ryan, Molly Shannon and his wife/ co writer Aubrey Plaza. I really enjoyed this, Beana certainly had a unique style of dry humor and unusual subject manner in his storytelling; I'm sad we won't be hearing his unique voice anymore. ***