curtis mayfield I really wanted to like this movie, and - sporadically - I did. The actors are good, the characters and conceit are basically funny, and the camera-work was pro, but most of the (hopefully improvised) comedy was grasping at straws and fails by relying on the obvious jokes.It's like, you know when you're watching sketch comedy, and a skit may have a funny idea but the jokes are just basically "isn't this a funny idea?" over and over. i.e. most of Mad TV and SNL.Now compare that to someone like Chevy Chase or Richard Pryor, or even Larry David, who are able to totally improvise with style and creativity and intelligence. They can be shocking and seriously funny.It just felt like comically these film-makers were slightly out of their depth, as if the actors didn't have time to rehearse or get a read on each other before filming.That said, the main character and a number of the supporting characters were likable, which is no small potatoes given the topic.And there were several (probably less than 10) moments that were genuinely funny. For instance the scene that takes place in the church and afterward where he's like "do you think that shirt is appropriate for church?!" Still, the majority of the dialogue felt forced and straining for laughs. I'll watch anything Kevin Corrigan is in, but his group therapy scenes were kind of depressing and blunt, while trying to be shocking.Neither terrible nor good overall; I could imagine this done much better. Nice effort for taking on an "unsellable" topic.

mr-roboto-1 I love independent films. For the most part, you must take some with a grain of salt to get through them. Sometimes they are so raw that you must look deep for the message, or meaning. And some have a simple provocative controversial thought they are trying to relay. You must take into account that these films are made on a shoe string budget and make allowances. Actually, I like the feel of the low budget Independent movies. With all that said, this movie wasn't worth the $ 500,000 they spent to make it.I saw this recently at one of our Independent Film movie theatres, "The Roxie" for a modest ticket price of $3.00. I spend more on a sandwich than this, but I and many more in the theatre wanted our money back. What a waste of time. I think my time is worth more than that, but they all can't be winners.Please remember that if you still decide to see it after you read my blurb and you agree that it sucked, "I told you so"

jrkerrdog Byington crashes out of the gate with his third feature and this time his Terrence Malick styled voice overs vanish in favor of expert interview documentary/reality show indirect monologue. The crux of understanding rests on the audience's ability to decode and dismiss first act admissions of atrocity by the lead as absurd. His true confession does not come til the third act(begin spoiler) when he reveals that his punishable offense is sending a naked greeting card without a proper address to his girlfriend on her birthday(end spoiler). So the film works better on a second viewing because then his struggle to perform a role he does not feel is fairly assigned makes a different sense. Life itself demands performativity of nonvoluntarily assigned roles, so Byington's film serves as a useful meditation on complications of the existentialist dilemma in light of postmodern sensibilities of the authenticity of the simulacra. Performances and personas have become more real to society than authentically candid personalities: Byington may be unique in his ability to expose and problematize this phenomenon. The third act of RSO where Damian Young (character is named Bob Byington) announces "we won't do this anymore" and taxonomically pulls responsibility out of the lead as if with a long hook up the nose brings resolution to all of the character journeys with impossibly well choreographed plot devices.

m. hornet I don't see a lot of independent films, and only go to a handful when they are around or if a friend is going. I saw this one last night, and was really surprise that i liked it. It's really "indie" in that there's no celebrities, only a couple that i think i've seen in stuff. It also just feels "indie", not sure how to describe it other than it's not like a normal film. Your watching it and it feels indie. I was surprised that I liked it so much... a lot of films like this i don't quiet understand why people like 'em. they're indie, so what? But for this one it was just so funny i laughed a lot. the main guy who plays in it, he's not like a normal movie leading man, he's like the guy who would be the main guys friend. or the bad guy. but he was just really funny. i would hate to be the girl in this movie! why is she with him? anyhow, you should see it if you like to laugh. even though it was a weird indie film i laughed more than i do in normal films. we were laughing so much! it kind of reminded me of the 40 year old guy, but without Steve carrel or the waxing scene.