Fewer narratives are as played out as the prickish-man-returns-home-and-bumps-into-childhood-friend-who-never-left-and-learns-to-embrace-his-past arc. It’s about as formulaic as they come. The characters are stock, the conflict is familiar, and the overall journey is the same. Of course, the reason it’s so familiar, that directors and writers keep going back there, is because it can work, and the conceit embodies a pervasive set of familiar fears: Who hasn’t wanted to flee from the small town where they grew up?

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The “man-child” construct in contemporary cinema is perhaps exemplified by popular characters played by Will Ferrell and Adam Sandler, but director/writer/star Kris Avedisian turns that archetype on its head in his new film, “Donald Cried.”

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Executive produced by David Gordon Green, Jody Hill, and Danny McBride, the film follows two former childhood best friends who reconnect, and discover their lives couldn’t be more different.

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