The ideas are admirably heady, and Phang, making just her second feature (after 2008's little-seen Half-Life), demonstrates a sure hand with both her imaginative milieu and her cast, which also includes James Urbaniak as another Center honcho, and Ken Jeong, in a rare non-comic role, as Jules' father. If nothing else, Advantageous makes a superb showcase for Kim... For all its ambition and evident virtues, however, Advantageous feels oddly skimpy, with a lot of dead air.
Mike D'Angelo
Juni 23, 2015