Problemista
Problemista
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Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in NY. As time runs out on his work visa, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country.
Kevin Ward reviewedJuly 1, 2025
I kind of loved this. Most of the stars are for the way Tilda Swinton talks to chatbots and the other ways she interacts with technology. She’s absolutely delightful in this as a pretentious artworld Karen that’s stringing along Alejandro (Julio Torres) who’s work Visa has expired and he desperately needs Elizabeth (Swinton) to sponsor him or else he’ll be deported back to El Salvador. An absurdist send up of the circular logic and pitfalls of the US immigration system, I found it to be surprisingly funny.