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7/10
easy to like but hokey ending
cekadah2 December 2012
did i believe the characterization - yes - but only in the beginning. somewhere in this movie the director looses focus and the characters become corny.

the movie starts with a bang - the disenchanted script writer turned storage facility owner, the hooker 'actress wanna-be', the aspiring script writer employee, and the scurrilous receptionist, all draw you into this story. from the start you realize the reclusive storage owner has an emotional issue to deal with, and the hooker/actress is out of her league. together these two find a solid path to follow but go separately in different directions. the aspiring script writer and receptionist add a bit of humor to this often dark story.

i enjoyed this film until the end then the bottom just dropped out. it's as if the director lost his nerve.

watch it - it's very good. i just wish it ended differently.
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4/10
IS ANYONE FROM HERE?
nogodnomasters14 September 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Tom Everett Scott stars as Peter the Melancholy in this predictable bittersweet indie. Peter, a once successful script writer owns a storage unit facility where it seems all the customers are wanna-be stars or street walkers. He gets involved with one such woman Charlie (Sarah Jones) who aspires to be an actress, but can't act. Peter pulls some strings with his once agent Bobby (Lee Tergesen) to get her an audition. Ethan (Josh Zuckerman) who he just hired wants to be a screen writer.

The film is secretive about Peter's life, which you will have figured out long before they tell you. The main problem I had is that the main character is lifeless by design. The acting was fairly decent, on par with most indies. I couldn't get excited about the film, but did want to see it to its end, even though I knew where it was going.

If you want to see an interesting indie about newcomers to Hollywood, try "Garden Party."

PARENTAL GUIDE: F-bombs, no sex, no nudity. Adults in bed together not having sex. Sarah Jones briefly in bra/panties
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