Treatment: Tribeca Review

“It’s pure zeitgeist,” declares an aspiring screenwriter about his dream cinematic project in Treatment, the new comedy directed by Steven Schardt and Sean Nelson. The same, alas, cannot be said of this toothless satire -- receiving its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival -- which combines mumblecore aesthetics with self-reflexive navel gazing in an all too familiar comedic tale about wannabe filmmakers.