Things got somewhat weirder in Slamdance 2023 with Matt Kiel’s Unicorn Boy, an animated film. It’ll no doubt garner attention thanks to the likes of Patton Oswalt and Maria Bamford in the voice cast. The story revolves around depressed artist Matt (Kiel). Reeling from a recent breakup he initiated, he lands in a magical land populated by rainbow-vomiting unicorns. Soon everything there proves to symbolize Matt’s long-standing relationship issues. Although occasionally striking on a visual level, Matt proves a deeply uninteresting and self-pitying protagonist. Most viewers will run out of patience with him and the film long before it ends.