
In the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, everyone is more than they initially seem. May waits tables, raises a son, Henry, and is an aspiring actress. She needs a roommate and takes in a pizza deliverer named Jonathan, an aspiring songwriter. In the adjoining flat is August, an Austrian body sculptor who appears in a deodorant commercial and dreams big dreams. May takes a job delivering singing telegrams as a stripper, Jonathan invites Henry to tag along with him on deli... (Full plot summary below)
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In the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, everyone is more than they initially seem. May waits tables, raises a son, Henry, and is an aspiring actress. She needs a roommate and takes in a pizza deliverer named Jonathan, an aspiring songwriter. In the adjoining flat is August, an Austrian body sculptor who appears in a deodorant commercial and dreams big dreams. May takes a job delivering singing telegrams as a stripper, Jonathan invites Henry to tag along with him on deliveries, August gets into trouble with the police who call his father in Austria, and the friendships, frustrations, and love affairs of everyday life come to a head.
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| Apollo GuideScott WeinbergThere's a lot of good humour here and you're left feeling as if you've been eavesdropping on some particularly fascinating (and very pleasant) next-door neighbours. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatPresents vignettes of yearning individuals in Hollywood who dream of making it in show biz. |
| User ReviewPrivate ULikeable film about some LA residents trying to make the big time...but going nowhere fast |
| User ReviewJames HSusan Dey has rarely been more appealing. Tom Hulce is surprisingly good at romantic comedy. Not too bad, a little slow moving, but the characters interact well but it lacks pizzazz. |
| User ReviewKris W"Reality is for dreamers." Forgotten 80's cult movie, supposedly Quentin Tarantino was a big fan. Eclectic cast includes Tom Hulce (Animal House), Susan Dey (Partridge Family), Michael Bowen (whom Tarantino cast in both Jackie Brown and Kill Bill), Tim Carey (in his last movie), Cassandra Peterson (Elvira), Cheech Marin, and John Paragon (best known as a recurring character on Seinfeld, whom with his "partner" always terrorize Kramer, questioning why he isn't wearing his AIDS ribbon and stealing the armoire he was guarding). (Deorderant Commercial Jingle): For work or play use; Viking Spray! |
| User ReviewDan SFlawed but interesting. This film looks at three disparate individuals who all live in Los Angeles, each with their own dreams and ambitions. Susan Dey is the woman at the centre of attention, the other two men desperately wanting her affections. When she gets a job as a stripper she has to deal with the exploitation of the industry, as well worrying about what affect it might have on her young son. Stringing it all together is a sort of love triangle - one man wanting her for her body, the other wanting a more meaningful relationship but of course, it's the strong, athletic good-looking one who only wants her for sex but takes her to bed. That's perhaps the problem - the film thinks it's more unique than it is. It doesn't use comedy as well as it could have, and the most interesting relationship that concerns Dey's young son, is totally under-developed. |
| User ReviewLee Mthe sites are so familiar.. too bad the movie is suck. |