The trailer for Come What May sets up an intimate documentary about comedian Ralphie May, mixing candid interviews with friends and family alongside archival footage. From the look of it, the film is aiming for a full portrait of a performer whose success, addiction, and self-destructive behaviour were closely tangled together.
Rather than sanding off the edges, the trailer suggests a tribute that is willing to sit with the contradictions. It looks like a film about the joy May gave audiences, and the pain that shadowed his personal life.