| The Secret Art of Human Flight | |
| Director: | H.P. Mendoza |
| Producer: | Grant Rosenmeyer Tina Carbone Benjamin Wiessner |
| Starring: | Grant Rosenmeyer |
| Cinematography: | Markus Mentzer |
| Editing: | H.P. Mendoza |
| Music: | H.P. Mendoza |
| Distributor: | Level 33 Entertainment |
| Runtime: | 107 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
The Secret Art of Human Flight is a 2023 American fantasy comedy drama film written by Jesse Orenshein, directed by H.P. Mendoza and starring Grant Rosenmeyer.
After the sudden death of his wife, author Ben Grady falls into deep grief and ends contact with his sister Gloria and her husband Tom. While the widower is on the darknet, he discovers a mysterious self-help book written by an enigmatic guru named "Mealworm" who claims to have acquired the ability to fly. Ben wants to learn this too.
The film premiered at the Tribeca Festival on June 8, 2023.[1] In March 2024, it was announced that Level 33 Entertainment acquired the distribution rights to the film, which will be released in theaters in July 3, 2024.[2]
The film has a 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 19 reviews.[3]
Peter Debruge of Variety gave the film a positive review and wrote, "This high-concept, lo-fi indie drama could have gone spiraling off into insufferably eccentric territory, but instead remains grounded in its focus on a young creative type coping with the loss off his soulmate."[4]
Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com also gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Writer Jesse Orenstein and director H.P. Mendoza are good at poker-faced goofiness, and there's a characteristically excellent supporting performance by Sound of Metal star Paul Raci..."[5]