Charming Billy

A stark and ambitious drama that, like THE WHISPERERS or TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, is most notable for a central performance: As the tightly wound, pigeon-holed loser Billy Starkman, Broadway and TV actor Michael Hayden makes an unforgettable film debut. From childhood, Billy Starkman (Adam Tanguay) has lived in a pressure cooker of anxiety over shortcomings are largely of his own making. When his beloved older brother dies, Billy adopts his name but not his carefree spirit; Billy lives in a vacuum formed by his sibling's demise. A few years later, when a caring neighbor lady keels over while hanging her sheets in the yard, Billy blames himself for scaring her to death duri...