Recently I reviewed Eye Of The Beholder with Ashley Judd and talked about the mixture of reality and illusion throughout, a magical realism if you will. This movie is similar in that regard, we find ourselves wondering at several times what's real and unreal, however, the budget here is low, the script not as concrete and a whole lot of weight falls on Arquette to make us like him and have pity for him.
Considering he's a recovering alcoholic trying to rebuild his life should check off at least a few boxes out there and really anyone who's made a terrible mistake in the past and sought redemption should get something out of this surreal and artsy flick. As he relapses some of his allusions are downright creepy, such as a scene where he sees his dead daughter performing at a school recital.
A lot of very good supporting roles here, particularly Lin Shaye as an evil landlord and Nicolas Bishop as one of the limo company's regular customers. Always great to see Tom Bower and he's nicely cast as Arquette's immediately suspecting limo company boss. Throw in a double entendre kind of ending that also acts as two alternates and you've got an art house inspired indie that in my opinion deserves at least a little more exposure and credit than it got. Hard to find, only on DVD but I also found someone's fairly decent up on YT here. 2.5 stars/2.75
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