I vividly recall Lake Bell
from the final episodes of TV’s “Practice” and its spin-off “Boston Legal.” New
to me, she stood above a stellar cast of actor that included James Spader. Bell
popped smart and darkly funny. Her big screen feature starring,
writing, and directing debut is “In a World…,” a comedy about a 30ish woman smashing
her way into the boys-only “Trailer Voice” club that her own mega-ego father (Fred
Melamed) rules as semi-permanent king. Bell’s Carol’s voice talents have no end, even if
she lives with pop and has love woes to make Juliet sulk. That’s a skim off the
top of this tale that plays rom-com, flips comedy genre clichés 180, and blasts loud as testy feminist scream and future-looking let down as Carol learns that
the farther she moves into Hollywood, the more she realizes that the capitalist big pigs care nothing about any woman’s breakthrough, only money. God
Bless Rich America! Parts of “World” are long or buzz-free, but
damn Bell has made a fine, funny project that spits in the eye of the world she likely
seeks entry into.I want to see her next film now. B+
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