| Applesauce | |
| Director: | Onur Tukel |
| Producer: | Matt Grady Melodie Sisk Karl Jacob Greg Newman |
| Starring: | Max Casella Trieste Kelly Dunn Jennifer Prediger Onur Tukel Dylan Baker |
| Music: | Michael Montes |
| Cinematography: | Jason Banker |
| Editing: | Justin Kavoussi Onur Tukel |
| Distributor: | MPI Media Group |
| Runtime: | 91 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Applesauce is a 2015 black comedy film written and directed by Onur Tukel. The film stars Tukel, Max Casella, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Jennifer Prediger, and Dylan Baker.
Applesauce premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 19, 2015.[1] The film was distributed by MPI Media Group and was released on VOD and DVD on November 24, 2015.[2] [3]
Applesauce received a positive response from critics. The film holds a 71% positive "Fresh" rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.[4] Ronnie Scheib of Variety praised Applesauce as "Onur Tukel's latest and most accomplished microbudget exercise in cynical absurdism" and added, "With its sarcastic dialogue, deadpan humor, believably flawed characters and surreal logic, 'Applesauce' may expand Tukel's growing indie fan base into niche release." Eric Kohn of Indiewire gave the film a modest "B" rating, calling it a "spot-on urban satire." He further wrote:Conversely, Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter criticized the script for possessing "an unfavorable view of human nature that it’s difficult to identify any likeable characters, most of whom are constantly scheming to manipulate and discredit one another." He added: