Teenage angst and adolescent agony are the stuff of sharp, observant comedy this quirky, wonderfully dry first fiction feature from documentary filmmaker Jeffrey Blitz (SPELLBOUND).
Another school year has begun, and the life of teenage Hal Hefner (the excellent Reece Daniel Thompson) probably couldn't get any worse. His dad (Denis O'Hare) has left for good, his mother (Lisbeth Bartlett) has started dating the sex-starved father (Stephen Park) of Hal's creepy school friend, Heston (Aaron Yoo), and Hal's debilitating stammer is as pronounced as ever, despite the best efforts of the school's unqualified speech therapist (Maury Ginsberg). It rules his life: On...
Released:
2007
Rated:
R
Length:
101 mins