An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn is a 2018 crime comedy film directed by Jim Hosking, starring Aubrey Plaza, Emile Hirsch, Jemaine Clement, Matt Berry, and Craig Robinson.
Later, at the laundromat, decrying his situation, Adjay meets a drifter named Colin who offers to retrieve the lockbox in exchange for $200.
Later, demanding to know the reason for Lulu's fixation on Beverly, she confesses that he was her college poetry professor and that he left his wife for her; in the midst of their affair, he apparently drowned while they were on vacation, an event which emotionally destroyed her.
Lulu, Colin, and other guests gather for the show, which is a simple musical revue in which Rodney and Beverly perform whimsical Scottish folk melodies.
As he gets into bed, Lulu wakes up and they tell each other “I love you.” In February 2017, it was announced Aubrey Plaza, Emile Hirsch, Jemaine Clement, Matt Berry and Craig Robinson had been cast for the film; that Jim Hosking would direct from a screenplay he wrote with David Wike.
Sam Bisbee, Theodora Dunlap, Lucas Toh, Emily Leo and Andy Starke were its producers, and David Gordon Green, Hosking, Richard Garber, Robert Farrior and Lance Acord the executive producers under their Park Pictures, Rook Films, Wigwam Films, and Film4 Productions banners, respectively.
The site's critical consensus reads, "An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn unites an intriguing array of comedic talents for a thoroughly unusual outing that proves itself disappointingly difficult to recommend.
[9] Writing for Empire, critic Kim Newman recognized the potentially polarizing nature of the film, stating "...most of the slow-burn strangeness is a hoot.
Some will find this impenetrable and irritating, but audiences willing to tune into Hosking's off-kilter style will be moved by the ridiculous love stories and relish the hilarious eccentricity.