Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!

UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Joanna Mccarty Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

samuelgreene427 I just saw this movie. It was recommended by a friend who is a die hard Mr. Show fan. I didn't mind that it was a more serious movie that I expected and although it had its moments I think that it fell short of the profundity that it was attempting. Some of the dialoge was genuine and intriguing, but a lot of it was pretentious and over written. There were some good cameo's from Jack Black and David Cross and although I'm a fan of both Maura Tierney and Melora Walters, I felt that in this movie they were given thankless,one dimensional roles. The payoff at the end of the movie didn't really live up to the build up. I fell in love with Kathleen Roll as the compelling and inept waitress who provided the some of the most genuine and funny moments of the movie. I hope to see her again.

Polaris_DiB I had mixed feelings about this one. I went into it knowing that it was largely based on conversation with very little vestiges of plot, so I was pleasantly surprised to find that it all sort of falls into place to mean something at the end. All in all, the conversational elements are richly written and very appealing. However, that's the end... it takes a while for it to be truly enriching.Sometimes the conversation is such that you feel like you're in it, and that's probably as close to good as the cinematography and editing gets, considering in general it really isn't that well done. I can forgive the hand-held look and a lot of how the image turned out from its independent production value, but try as I might I couldn't help but feel a lot of the work was just shoddy camera operation.Sometimes the conversation isn't very appealing and I can't help but think, "I'm obviously not in this conversation because I wouldn't go there." So there's that element too, a sort of discursive alienation one feels when the conversation feels less than involving.Mostly, however, the dialog is great and the characters are amazing. There are some really great performances all around and it's definitely worth a viewing or two, or more, but even as I say that I can't help but think that the play version of this story must be absolutely amazing because of mostly the format of the two media.--PolarisDiB

Cipher-J Four people, two guys and two gals, at different places in their lives, chance to meet at a restaurant for dinner one day, and end up revealing themselves and discovering each other in ways none of them could have predicted. For the most part, they are bright, young, upwardly mobile professionals, comfortable discussing themselves, and hence even without a psychologist to act as moderator, they interact in a manner reminiscent of group therapy. That is, they take turns admitting their secret thoughts and obsessions, take issue with each other on some points, and try to benefit from each other's experiences and perspectives. One of them even has some background in a field related to psychiatry, but of course with minimal insight.The point of the film seems to be that, thanks to their group discussion, they all develop a wider perspective on life, but especially Melvin, whose life had been spiraling out of control. In some regards he seems the brighter of the four, yet the least insightful. All of the characters become more aware of themselves through their interactions over dinner, but it is Melvin who benefits the most. How he grows, and what he learns from that encounter, are what makes this film worth viewing. Thanks to his opportunity, Melvin doesn't just go out to dinner, but learns to take control of his life. It is a very subtle story, but worthy of critical attention.

rcpeyton It takes a little time to get into it, but once the story is established, it's surprisingly fun to watch four near-strangers talking about all sorts of things. It's a bit vicarious. Was it Hitchcock who said that movies are like life without all the boring parts? This film disproves that. I definately recommend it.