And the fact that I'm in love with Amber Tamblyn has nothing to do with this positive review. This writer of greeting cards loses his job, and apparently starts another similar job for higher stakes. In a city where greeting card writers are celebrated like movie stars, Romance writer Ray used to be the king. Slam poets get rightfully demystified as poetasters. With Tracee Ellis Ross, Golden Brooks, Persia White, Reginald C. Hayes. You give it a look-see. This could have been the prequel to Better Call Saul which, of course, is the prequel to Breaking Bad. You give it a look-see. Hollywood's no longer fashioned out of wood, insincere smiles, and GQish scientologists. The Netflix's experimental films giving great opportunities for small directors and stars. In a city where greeting card writers are celebrated like movie stars, Romance writer Ray used to be the king. Fine, lighthearted parallelisms are drawn to Chinatown. Eric comes to El Camino looking for his unknown dad. 1 out of 2 found this helpful His performance is tops here as he fights for his right to write...even if it's only greeting cards. I knew nothing about this movie before turning it on, but assumed it would be a comedy, from the main few cast members. It just could have easily been shortened to half the time. A has-been actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective series "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be a real person. The city must charge very little to shoot there at it was almost a character.
This was a short fairly low budget picture that got made due to Bob Odenkirk and his name after Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Local Pennsylvania polka legend Jan Lewan develops a plan to get rich that shocks his fans and lands him in jail.
(And, of course, a female child is hostage fodder later in the show. 2 out of 10 found this helpful Are you really trying to tell me that you need seven seasons to tell a story about zombies? First, Amber Tamblin plays a love interest for Odenkirk, even though he's TWENTY YEARS OLDER than she is. A disgraced former cop, fresh off a six-year prison sentence for attempted murder - returns home looking for redemption but winds up trapped in the mess he left behind. Ray is a fledgling entrepreneur who specializes in high-end simulated abductions. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. They have been replaced, at last, by the talented people.
0 out of 2 found this helpful Every character looking at Odenkirk seems to be waiting for "something" to happen. 0 out of 0 found this helpful In the 1970s and '80s, National Lampoon's success and influence creates a new media empire overseen in part by the brilliant and troubled So, you're still in bed at 1 p.m. composing comments on friends' FaceBook shares, eating the other half of a stevia-sweetened chocolate bar from the night before, and then you move on to Netflix to get further from reality--where you see the face of beloved Bob Odenkirk in a harmless sounding title: "Girlfriends Day". It has been raining all day, I needed something to watch. Props are spot on. And it was obvious in the first few frames that it was an independent film, and I noted that the star wrote screenplay.
Girlfriend's Day (2017) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In a city where greeting card writers are celebrated like movie stars, Romance writer Ray used to be the king. Had all the elements of an Odenkirk production: It's a rollicking mash of slice-of-life, crushing failure, latent romance, and colorful character. Ray uses a manual portable typewriter. Enjoy! But he takes us on a tour of the high tech greeting card industrial factory.
As do novelists as writers who can't edit themselves. I can't say I just don't recommend it, as I actually recommend that all of you just STAY AWAY from it. 13 of 26 people found this review helpful. But something, probably the direction, said let's give it a chance. Echternkamp tells the story of his relationship with his parents, his mother Cindy (Russo) and his step-father, Frank (Platt).
I found a few places to laugh but not enough to recommend this as a comedy. 1 out of 2 found this helpful This is nothing if not a writer's kind of flick. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. I came across this Netflix short movie, just over one hour. I can honestly say that 1 star is almost overrating it, and I wouldn't bear watching this film ever again. Two scientists raise 3 children contrarily to their genetic tendencies to prove the ultimate power of nurture over nature. The plot is very thin, and lacks intensity or thrill. This is film is a little surprise. I just put this on, knowing Bob Odenkirk was in it. He jumps at the chance when a mysterious client contracts him for a weekend kidnapping with a handsome ... 1 out of 1 found this helpful
Not all the flicks clicks, but different than what we usually get from other production houses. 9 out of 27 found this helpful I get comfortable. The 1h10 of the whole movie felt more like three or four hours for me. You don't turn from it in irritation or boredom--it's holding you with the inscrutable power of untapped human potential. Miranda Richardson stars in this drama, which centers on a trio of friends who are facing the responsibilities that come with being a modern woman of a certain age. It was a drama somewhere between The Big Lebowski and a sendup of a Hitchcock thriller, with a few moments that were almost out of a Wes Anderson film. The paradigm has finally shifted and you won't be finding any beautiful--in a superficial surface sense--people here. This might have been funny as a five minute SNL sketch, but it didn't work as a movie. The sheriff and deputy then shoot up the place, answering each other's fire.
I get comfortable. Was this review helpful to you? Really the only bummer here.