Veteran screenwriter Scott Frank's directing debut is a low-key thriller with a pitch-dark, bone-crackingly dry sense of humor that never detracts from the sharply etched relationships binding its deeply damaged characters.
Four years ago, Kansas City golden boy Chris Pratt (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) had it all: A wealthy family, a beautiful girlfriend (Laura Vandervoort), success as a high-school hockey player, and a future limited only by his own imagination and ambition. And then everything changed in a single reckless instant: Chris was left with permanent neurological damage. His life is now defined by his job — a night janitor at a small bank — and the dingy...
Released:
2007
Rated:
R
Length:
99 mins