A little assistance here, readers?
Dodeca- means twelve.
Pentathlon is a series of five events.
There are 25 events between the two brothers.
On further examination, I suppose it means 2 (Do) multiplied by 10 (Deca) equals 20, plus the 5 (Pentathlon) gives us a final 25 events. However, something seems not right mathematically to be mixing signs. There is a rule is algebra I thought regarding interchanging mathematical signs and that whole PEMDAS thing?
Maybe this is overanalyzing a random title choice, and I know arithmetical calculations are not my forte, but what am I missing here?
That is, aside from this independently shot Duplass Brothers film where the insanely competitive two brothers taking it way too far over and over again is impossible even by Duplass standards? And how this causes the viewing experience to vacillate between uncomfortable, unbelieving, disgust at the characters, and compassion and empathy for what deep and intense love these brothers must be trying to mask with their immature behaviors- so fierce that, frankly, one is utterly appalled by how they are treating not only one another, but their supposed loved ones?
The last thirty minutes were redeeming- for both the story and the characters themselves, but for some viewers it will too little too late.
The Duplass Brothers have a talent for making the awkward and surreal seem grounded, ordinary, and heartwarming. But this time their "Penta-Pentathalon", or perhaps "Quintupentathalon" fell short of the mark; not quite Winner's Circle material.
