This is a film I didn't know much at all about, given it for free to review for the student mag. It was an intriguing film. We are introduced to Sam Rockwell going to his sex addicts meetings, ironically to get some sex. He goes to restaurants to try and get rich people to save him from choking and hopefully get some sort of financial sustinence from them. He spends the money on keeping his mother in a good care home, while she suffers from Alzheimers.
The film, although billed as a comedy, doesn't really throw up many opportunities for a laugh. Some instances are funny, but they never seem to feel okay to laugh at. The films funnier moments seem to be when we see Rockwell's character Victor breaking down. The scenes in the care home offer up a smile, until the realisation that it must actually be very hard for people who suffer from these illnesses.
The flashbacks to his childhood are an interesting insight into how he is in the present and show that there are some levels to his complete and utter disregard for most people he knows.
All in all, the film isn't one that will appeal to everyone due to its subject matter, but it was a good film nonetheless. Definitely different to most things I watch.
7 out of 10.
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