Unicorn Store
2017
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1h 31min
• Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Kit (Brie Larson), a lover of rainbows, unicorns, and Care Bears, just got kicked out of art school in UNICORN STORE. By the school's "minimalist" standards, Kit's imaginative, childlike creations are inconsequential. Disappointed in herself and sure she's disappointing her very understanding and worried parents (Joan Cusack and Bradley Whitford), the socially awkward and friend-challenged Kit resolves to "give up childish things" and become a grown-up. First step: a temp job. Abandoning her usual sparkly wardrobe, Kit tries hard to fit in at the office. And, because of a predatory boss, she advances quickly. But not before she receives a mysterious invitation to visit a place enigmatically called "The Store." Skeptical but intrigued, Kit goes to The Store, where she meets The Salesman (Samuel L. Jackson), a wildly eccentric man in a wildly eccentric setting who offers to give her a unicorn who will love her forever! No strings attached, only a few conditions to fulfill. Kit's disbelief is trumped by her willingness to try and her lifelong love for the mystical animal. Aided by Virgil (Mamoudou Athie), a young hardware store employee, Kit sets out to balance her office job with unicorn preparations. It's a tall order, but if Kit is up to it, she may just find the life she's been longing for.
