
A semi-autobiographical tale of Eric Schaeffer, who as Wirey Spindell, is seeing a marriage counsler with his future wife because he is nervous about his upcoming wedding. Together, they remember some of Wirey's life and the sexual misadventures of his youth.... (Full plot summary below)
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A semi-autobiographical tale of Eric Schaeffer, who as Wirey Spindell, is seeing a marriage counsler with his future wife because he is nervous about his upcoming wedding. Together, they remember some of Wirey's life and the sexual misadventures of his youth.
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| AV ClubNathan RabinLong, shapeless, and painfully unfunny, Wirey Spindell confirms its maker's status as one of the most distinctively awful filmmakers of his generation. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenFor the most part Mr. Schaeffer, by mixing melodrama and comedy in ways that they do not combine, neither shows how Wirey's early life is so terrible that he winds up a drugged and drunken misfit nor jogs the comedy to a level beyond the mildly amusing. |
| Entertainment TodayBrent SimonA naked attempt at Jerry Maguire-style profundity that elicited 47 temple rubs and 13 audible Jesuses between my companion and I... the comedic equivalent of flat soda. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaWhere writer-director Eric Schaeffer shoots himself in the foot is by succumbing to the narcissistic voice within. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasMay be too heady for some tastes but can stir you deeply, if you're open to it. |
| L.A. WeeklyNicole CamposThe strangeness is sometimes amusing, often showy, and laid on so thick that it's difficult to make the connection. |
| TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThis sour coming of age story is a testament to his self-centeredness and dogged perseverance. |
| Apollo GuideScott RenshawAs annoying and self-indulgent as the film may be, it can only seem irredeemable once Schaeffer has confirmed what you already suspected -- that he's using the film to trot out every oddball anecdote from his own life. |
| Village VoiceJessica WinterBrimming with fatuous "clever" dialogue and gorgeous women swooning over Schaeffer-played boors, the like-sounding titles denoted a vain, smarmy Woody Allen acolyte drowning in his own reflection. |
| Film Journal InternationalPeter HenneWhat is appallingly lacking in the film is recognizing the possibility that this person's life might be one big bundle of irresponsibility. |