Faults

Original, well acted, and well produced/edited.

This film is well worth seeing if you like original, well produced movies.

From the beginning you are never really sure where the characters are heading - until the end.

The characters draw you into their world and keep you there. Each event and emotion portrayed by brilliant acting. I had never seen any of the cast in previous movies, so it was refreshing seeing new faces (to me) bring the story to life.

Whatever expectations you have for this film just forget them and let the story telling take you where it is going to go.

I thanked myself for watching this movie. Why? Because I simply stumbled into this movie by accident, because another great movie with Mary Elizabeth Winstead got me curious about this seemingly normal looking actress, who has such a mysterious, yet natural looking charisma, that I keep getting mesmerized by her acting performances...

This story is something else. It mistakenly looks like a somewhat silly comedy at the start. But soon I noticed the acting was a lot better than any other average comedy and the jokes were quite dark and painful, yet spot on effective AND FUNNY.

Then the acting and the story got even better half way through, with lots of quirky, mindboggling plot turns.

And then the final part of this movie really convinced me I had just seen one of the best quirky, yet simultaneously uplifting comedies of the last year.

Probably best suited for an arthouse audience, who likes quirky, dark comedies, with brilliant plot turns and subtle acting performances.

Endnote: look at the poster. What do you see?

If you go for a treatment, you might look for something conventional, something that has proved to work, because it's based on a formula. This ain't it! Let me make this clear from the beginning, even if some might claim to see where this is going, you can have a lot of fun watching it develop and going to its destination.

The acting is really great and even if the main character is a bit unlikeable, he still is able to pull quite a few things off. The story is weird and a bit all over the place, but it works for its purpose (downfalls and "duh" moments included). While not perfect, we need more movies who dare to be different. Even if they make us uncomfortable watching them

Because near the end of the film, my brains exploded out the top of my head!

But seriously, I actually gave up on this movie after about 20 minutes. I thought that it was trying to be a comedy except it wasn't funny. Fortunately I was curious enough to keep watching, and I soon realized that the beginning wasn't exactly trying to be funny; it was trying to be pathetic, and it succeeded. That was days ago, and I am still thinking about this movie. The brutally honest truth is that I feel a bit terrified because the main guy sadly reminds me of myself, and I don't know that I would have handled the situation any differently than he did. :( Tip for viewers: This is not exactly a comedy. In my book, it is more like a psychological horror. If you like the beginning, you may not like the 2nd half. And if you think the whole thing is unrealistic, I am sorry to break the sad news to you that this kind of thing happens ALL THE TIME. --sniff--

Seeing the interesting premise as well as being a big fan of Riley Stearns' second feature (The Art of Self-Defense) made me want to check this one out. Comparing the two they have a lot in common, themes like loneliness, being in control of your own life and the need to belong, as well as a good amount of dark humor are all in there. Even though it does slow down a bit midway through, the characters are interesting and the dialogues witty enough to carry the viewer through to a great ending.

P. S. I was really glad to see Leland Orser as a lead after so many supporting/smaller roles and boy did he nail this Ansel character, he absolutely stole the show (Winstead was also great as usual).