Billed as a dark comedy, brothers Jay and Mark Duplass' shaggy, ultra-low-budget tale of a tense New York-to-Atlanta road trip is more accurately a relationship-hell drama peppered with strangled laughs. It begins, without preamble, as attractive young couple Josh (cowriter Mark) and Emily (Kathryn Aselton) indulge over dinner in what may be the most cringe-inducing, passive-aggressive baby talk ever committed to film (or, more correctly, high-definition digital video). John is leaving the next morning on a solo trip to pick up a purple recliner he bought on eBay for his dad's birthday; Emily is secretly furious she wasn't invited, and her simmering anger precipitate...
Released:
2006
Rated:
R
Length:
85 mins