Imogene is having a bad day: out of place among the New York social climbers she hangs out with, dumped by her boy friend and losing her job, a phony suicide attempt sees her released into the "care" of her quirky and flawed mother, and reduced to sleeping on the floor at Mom's house in Jersey. Finding herself on a quest with her very strange brother to search out the father she had always been told was dead, she may actually be on the road to reclaiming her life.
Billed as a comedy, but actually a small-scale domestic drama leavened with humour, this odd little indie stars Kristen Wiig as the (initially) hapless Imogene. Ms Wiig impresses me more with every movie I see her in - her attractive but worn everywoman persona hides an impressive talent. Annette Bening is also good as the Mom who isn't as bad as reports would have you believe. There seems to be a school of opinion which likes Christopher Fitzgerald as quirky Ralph: I found the character to unbelievable to warm to, and Fitgerald in the role struck me as Zack Galifianikis-lite.
The film overall is wildly implausible in almost every respect: it is a tribute to Wiig that she (almost) has you believing it, and certainly has you rooting for her character despite the loser-ish qualities she displays at the start.
I quite enjoyed this - it has a feelgood element to it which pleased me.
Billed as a comedy, but actually a small-scale domestic drama leavened with humour, this odd little indie stars Kristen Wiig as the (initially) hapless Imogene. Ms Wiig impresses me more with every movie I see her in - her attractive but worn everywoman persona hides an impressive talent. Annette Bening is also good as the Mom who isn't as bad as reports would have you believe. There seems to be a school of opinion which likes Christopher Fitzgerald as quirky Ralph: I found the character to unbelievable to warm to, and Fitgerald in the role struck me as Zack Galifianikis-lite.
The film overall is wildly implausible in almost every respect: it is a tribute to Wiig that she (almost) has you believing it, and certainly has you rooting for her character despite the loser-ish qualities she displays at the start.
I quite enjoyed this - it has a feelgood element to it which pleased me.