Attention Shoppers

Beautiful 'film noir'. I was pleasantly surprised. Decent and inspired acting and a moving Carbonell at the end -driving back to the airport- with a wonderful (as always) Michael Lerned.

With eye to detail: the plastic bag where the table cloth was wrapped in, is just visible in two more scenes before it gets a place in Nestor's luggage (I like those details very much, it's shows respect by the director). The pace is just great: very slowly and thus giving me time to enjoy the weird and strange atmosphere. A very un-American movie; perhaps that's why it's more popular in Europe? Hope Carbonell finds more inspiration (and money!) to make more of these beauties.

This film is OK. There's some funny moments, and cameos. You Really don't Need to see it, but it's not waste of time, I think. So at least give it a change, if you see it's coming from TV.

This film was a pleasant surprise. Nestor Carbonell's screenplay was well-written and clever and obviously came from his own experience as a "faux latino" on Suddenly Susan. The literate dialogue, frequent references to Nietzsche and insightful examination on the "fame game" made this more than just a throw-away comedy. Worth renting...if only to hear Carbonell speaking without the accent.

The movie is mildly amusing. The opening is pretty cute with the supposed home invasion. Rather offbeat, it should be watched just for a different viewpoint in film. Some fashion and pop culture trends at the start of the millennium can be viewed in this film, and is worth viewing for that reason alone. You can't help but feel for the main character. He is a genuinely nice guy trying to do his best. He is a talented individual that should get more roles. The movie is not bad, over all. It is an amusing way to view the inside of a K-mart. The customers are not realistic and they almost overcamp their roles. But the lead actor remains believable throughout.

The plot for this movie would make a good 10 minute sketch on SNL. It doesn't stretch to the playing time of the movie. The writing is periodically clever and sometimes amusing, but never really funny.

I think the goal was to make something like Office Space about peripheral actors on a non-sensational sitcom. But the execution isn't there. The movie tries to be serious at times but would have been better with a lighter subplot.

The movie takes the usual "everything outside Hollywood is corny and hick" attitude. K-mart, Houston -- you know, real rubes.

The only remotely developed characters are the main character (played by Enrique Suarez) and the Houston limo driver played by Michael Lerner. The latter is excellent in his role. Meanwhile, Martin Mull is very weak in a brief role as a flight attendant.

If someone forces you to watch the movie you should resist, but not so much that you might hurt yourself. It's not perfectly terrible, either.