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Somebody Up There Likes Me

United States

2012

76 Min

Color

English

Currently 2.9/5 Stars.
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EXEC Stuart Bohart, Morgan Coy, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Brenda Mitchell

PROD Hans Graffunder, Nick Offerman

CAST Nick Offerman, Keith Poulson, Jess Weixler, Stephanie Hunt, Marshall Bell, Kate Lyn Sheil, Kevin Corrigan, Jonathan Togo, Megan Mullally, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Ted Beck, Allison Latta, Bob Schneider, Chris Doubek, Mike Wachs, Josh Ashy, Nick Ashy Holden, Margie Beegle, Josh Meyer, Bill Wise, Jonny Mars, Alex Ross Perry, Stephen Gurewitz, Barry Lacina, Ali Rose Garcia

MUSIC Chris Baio

SXSW (Narrative Spotlight), San Francisco (World Cinema), Locarno (International Competition), AFI FEST (Young Americans)

Synopsis

Thirty-five years in the life of Max (Keith Poulson), his best friend Sal (Nick Offerman) and a woman they both adore, Lyla (Jess Weixler). The trio stumble through mandatory but seemingly unfulfilling entanglements, at weddings, funerals, hospitals, eateries, divorce courts and the tool shed. A deadpan fable about time sneaking up on and swerving right around us. –SXSW

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my nigga totoro

30Apr13

Ridiculously painful to get through; god damn you Woody Allen for continuously inspiring a seeming endless stream of stupid shit like this.

affasf

30Sep12

Probably I’m asking too much from a debut, but, despite it's a very sincere and kinda funny comedy, the mimic humor and the serial tv approach left me unsatisfied. Some scenes are well drafted, nonetheless the plot twists are rough, making all system resembles a sealed off compartments complex, depriving the movie of the spontaneous flux needed for success – see: Greenberg; Beginners

Audrey Rouget

1May13

it's not a debut though
affasf

1May13

lol

toeachiscinema

29Sep12

A huge mess of a film. It has its funny moments though.

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By David Hudson on March 8, 2012

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