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A lonely young man who finds himself at a restaurant with two strangers and his best friend.A lonely young man who finds himself at a restaurant with two strangers and his best friend.A lonely young man who finds himself at a restaurant with two strangers and his best friend.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 9 nominations
BJ Porter
- Flight Attendant
- (as B.J. Porter)
Jennifer Biederman
- Child's Mom
- (as Jen Dollard)
Sterling Fitzgerald
- Woman at Seminar
- (as Michele Fitzgerald)
Storyline
Did you know
- GoofsAfter they all leave the restaurant, Alex and Sarah are walking and the shadow of the camera and cameraman is visible on the wall by Alex.
- Quotes
Mental Patient: I'm the Creatrist of the universe, but temporarily I'm a Nid.
Melvin: So you're God, basically.
Mental Patient: No - look, God is like a venture capitalist in this equation, okay? The whole thing was my idea and it was basically my business plan, and his money. So I went ahead, I came up with the whole thing, I put it all together, and now he wants me out.
Melvin: So it's like a hostile take over.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Greg Kinnear/Bob Odenkirk/Tom Shales (2003)
Featured review
I got the DVD of this in the mail yesterday, went home early, played it all the way through, got a new drink from the kitchen and watched it all the way through a second time.
I don't think I've ever done that before, and I see hundreds of movies a year.
Although maintaining the four-person-play character of the staged production, the guest stars that fill the incidental role are terrific, and their presence just makes more perfect how the entirety of the movie comes together at the end -- which it really does, though a second viewing is helpful in realizing it.
Don't miss this gem!
I don't think I've ever done that before, and I see hundreds of movies a year.
Although maintaining the four-person-play character of the staged production, the guest stars that fill the incidental role are terrific, and their presence just makes more perfect how the entirety of the movie comes together at the end -- which it really does, though a second viewing is helpful in realizing it.
Don't miss this gem!
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,168
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,919
- Nov 16, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $4,168
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Color
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