A French-Norwegian co-production with an American cast, Matt Dillon kills it in one of his best performances since Drugstore Cowboy. He plays a wanna-be writer who can't get published and keeps trying all these odd jobs. It's a a comedy-drama perfectly paced with equal combinations of both, Dillon's totally in his character, we find him crude and crass but also want to root for his everyman qualities.
Liv Taylor is equally awesome as his on-again off-again girlfriend and Marisa Tomei has a couple of nice scenes as another girlfriend. There are quite a few supporting roles, all of them great. For a film nobody ever heard of it won more than several international festival awards including Taylor for best actress. Currently streams on Hulu or Amazon VOD only. Highly recommend, 3.0 stars/5
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