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This movie came very close to being a good flick. The direction needs to be a bit smoother to progress from one piece to the next to make it more plausible. In particular: The main character's need to escape is not explicit enough. Is he trying to kill himself? Is he trying to escape? His life does not seem to be that bad, so it makes it more difficult to swallow that he wants to leave his life so much. Also, it is not very clear how much "in love" he has fallen with Jennifer Jason L. If the movie was reworked with some more attention to these details, it would have been Great. On the other hand, for an indy flick, it's pretty good! Maybe if you have a couple of drinks, to dull the logical thinking, it would be more fun...

This is not a Kevin Smith film. Although he did produce it, it does not have any of his elements in it. There is no funny dialog, nor witty talk. Instead, you get to see the life of a clown who is down on his luck. Things happen to this character, some of it very vulgar, and finally he succeeds in his life. What is the point of this story, though? There is no moral, and because of that, no point for us to watch all the gruesome circumstances in the flick. BTW, the director does have talent, and will eventually make a really good flick. Vulgar is far from one of those.

Some trivia for the film: the old man in the metal contraption in the middle of the film is the director's dad.