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Suffering Man's Charity (2007)
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Jonathan Vandermark, is a music teacher with a weakness for young men with great aspirations and without a pot to piss in. When one man, Sebastian enters his life and takes advantage of John's charity, his life and afterlife will be changed forever. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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overacting for script just looks like overacting moreCast
(Credited cast)| Alan Cumming | ... | John Vandermark | |
| David Boreanaz | ... | Sebastian St. Germain | |
| Anne Heche | ... | Helen | |
| Carrie Fisher | ... | Reporter | |
| Jane Lynch | ... | Ingrid | |
| Henry Thomas | ... | Eric | |
| Karen Black | ... | Renee | |
| Maria-Elena Laas | ... | Liliana | |
| Rachelle Lefevre | ... | Elaine | |
| Ermahn Ospina | ... | Pedro | |
| Alison Guh | ... | Evelyn | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Clay Allen | ... | Fan | |
| Whitney Allen | ... | Red-Head | |
| Lauren Balefsky | ... | Female Caterer | |
| Monique La Barr | ... | Dinner Guest | |
| Susie Park | ... | Fan's Wife | |
| Kevin Paul | ... | Waiter | |
| Tom Poole | ... | Party guest | |
| Brandon Stacy | ... | Photographer | |
| Desean Terry | ... | Young Caterer | |
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This film needed some combination of the following : a separate director that was NOT starring in the film, sympathetic characters, multi-dimensional characters, less overacting, a bigger budget, more people involved in the creation, and/or FILM source with good image quality. Any of the listed items could be overcome in different circumstances, but here they are all piled on.
I appreciate that the main character was meant to be someone who acts out his own life in overblown, dramatic excess. I appreciate that this character is intentionally not a likable person. Such things are valid and interesting choices to try, but they are challenges that require a LOT of feedback and careful planning to make a film that works. That seemed absent.
Instead, what we have here is a piece which leaves the impression that the actor (and director), Alan Cumming, does not know how to tone it down.
We only see one side of each character, and none seem to progress or change in any meaningful way. And no, changing address or circumstance does not count -- the characters never seem to learn anything.
All the audience gets is nasty people who never get better as they do things we can not care much about, and doing them in a somewhat absurdist way. Yes, there are some amusing scenarios, but all the negatives overwhelm occasional positives.