Drugstore June

The apathetic adult child, usually a favourite as a male character, but thankfully there has been quite a few female characters like this appearing on our screens. In her 20s, living very comfortably at home, still stalking her ex and doing the bare minimum where possible in life, June is the apathetic adult child. While she does have a job at the drugstore (hence the name), she spends her time concerned with her online presence and her ‘June Squad’ follows. When the drugstore where she works is robbed, she decides to investigate and find the culprits. Her motivations is not to help out her beyond patient manager, but for the ice cream machine that was damaged in the robbery. 

June’s quest for the truth leads her to meet various characters, some as weird as her, others that seem to accept her strange demeanour and reasonings for everything. Although frustrating, June’s delusional personality is an absolute joy to watch. She is thoroughly entertaining and even, on very few occasions, makes very accurate observations of her surroundings. The mystery elements in the film, allow June’s detective skills to shine through, opening for more funny scenes, random characters that all play into solving the crime. 

Drugstore June is a difficult comedy to place and this is part of its charm. June is the clear stand out, played to perfection by Esther Povitsky, who also co-wrote this gem. Sometimes it can be grating for these delusional characters to never learn a lesson, but June’s charm out-weighs this character flaw and just becomes an easy comedic watch.