Club Kid, a film written, directed by, and starring Jordan Firstman, has been entered into the Golden Globes competition as a drama. Distributor A24 made the submission decision in collaboration with Firstman, positioning the film to compete in the drama-specific categories against titles including The Odyssey, La Bola Negra, Dune: Part Three, Elsinore, All of a Sudden, Fjord, and Possible Love.
The categorization choice may draw attention given Firstman’s established background in comedy and comparisons some have made between Club Kid and Big Daddy, the 1999 Adam Sandler film. However, the film takes on increasingly dramatic elements as it progresses, with Firstman delivering what has been characterized as a notably dramatic courtroom sequence late in the narrative. Firstman has identified 1978’s An Unmarried Woman and 1979’s Kramer vs. Kramer as major creative influences on the project.
Club Kid debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section, where it received a seven-minute standing ovation and triggered a competitive bidding process among distributors. A24 acquired the film for $17 million, the largest transaction of the festival. The picture has subsequently screened at Telluride, Toronto, New York, and other film festivals to favorable critical response. A theatrical release began later this week.
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