Overview
- Full Phil premiered in a midnight slot at the Cannes Film Festival, introducing an absurdist father–daughter comedy set in a Paris hotel.
- Kristen Stewart plays Madeleine, who eats rich French dishes in nearly every scene, while her father Phil, played by Woody Harrelson, mysteriously swells as a running gag.
- Stewart told Reuters the shoot was physically taxing because the food was “full of cream” and “full of butter,” and director Quentin Dupieux said she sometimes kept eating between takes as the crew found ways to avoid the on‑set grotesque.
- Early reviews describe a brief feature of about 78 minutes that sticks to tight spaces and looping dialogue, with critics praising Stewart’s committed performance while calling the film slight and uneven.
- The film folds in a black‑and‑white movie‑within‑the‑movie featuring Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, a flourish in line with Dupieux’s prolific, offbeat festival output.