Boston-based actor-director Andrew Bujalski's follow-up to his acclaimed debut, FUNNY HA-HA (2003), is a marvelous, deceptively simple accomplishment shot on grainy 16mm film and featuring a cast of mostly nonprofessional actors delivering loosely written dialogue. Scruffy, tousle-haired pop musician Alan (Justin Rice, frontman of the Brooklyn band Bishop Allen) made something of a splash in indie circles with the EP he recorded with his band, The Bumblebees. But that's all in the past. The Bumblebees are "not available" (read: they're history) and Alan has left Beantown for the Big Apple in hopes of furthering his career. Alan is crashing at a friend's girlfriend's ...
Released:
2006
Rated:
NR
Length:
106 mins