Lemonade Blessing Transcends Its Coming-of-Age Teen Comedy Confines with a Truthful Layering: Tribeca Film Festival Review - The AU Review

'LEMONADE BLESSING' (Tribeca 2025) Holy hormones.

LEMONADE BLESSING Chris Merola brings Tribeca 2025 audiences a film about the communal commiseration of growing up. LEMONADE BLESSING follows the product of divorce, John, as he tries his best to navigate the complexity of raging hormones, an overbearing, devout mother, and Freshman year at a private Catholic School. Torn between his deeply religious mom, a self-centered father, horny friends, and the rebel girl who pushes his mortality to the b…

Interview: Director Chris Merola on exploring his truth in Lemonade Blessing, the dichotomy of comedy and religion, and casting against the grain - The AU Review

Premiering at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, Lemonade Blessing is a biting coming-of-age comedy about John (Jake Ryan), freshly tossed into a private Catholic high school by his devout mother, who falls head over heels for a devious classmate ready to push his faith (and morals) to the brink with a series of increasingly uncomfortable...

Interview: Chris Merola on "Lemonade Blessing"

The director discusses taking control over a time where it feels like there is none in this deliciously tart Catholic School-set comedy. The post Tribeca 2025 Interview: Chris Merola on Dropping Acid Into the Coming-of-Age Tale “Lemonade Blessing” appeared first on The Moveable Fest.