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Parole Officer /
Agitated Man
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| Octavia Spencer | ... |
Streetwalker /
Pedestrian
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| Ben Falcone | ... |
Ben Falcone
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| Dahlia Salem | ... |
Dahlia Salem
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| John Gatins | ... |
John Gatins
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Andy Fielder | ... |
Andy Fielder
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Jodi Sellards | ... |
Piano Player
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Greg Baine | ... |
Delivery Guy
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Martin Yu | ... |
Focus Group Participant #1
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Gregg Naaman | ... |
Focus Group Participant #2
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| Lorene Scafaria | ... |
Game Night Guest
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Gary, an actor who plays a cop on television, uses too much lighter fluid when he burns his ex-girlfriend's things, then he drinks and drives, uses crack, and crashes his car. He sobers up in jail and is placed under house arrest and the watchful eye of a publicist, the cheery and tough-minded Margaret. She moves him into the empty house of a writer who's away in Canada on a shoot. Gary meets Sarah, an attractive and seemingly-willing neighbor. His friendship with Margaret blooms and strange things happen: he finds notes he doesn't remember writing, he hears noises, and he seems to bump into himself in the kitchen. Two remaining chapters reveal what's going on. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
This movies suffers from one major flaw, it goes from being a really good movie to a really bad movie and back again. During the times when this movie was good was when it wasn't trying too hard to explain things. However when the explanations come, the movie becomes a exercise in patronization. Apart from these flaws and a musical number during the first act in the film, this film is pretty good. Sometimes I think these type of movies are made for the purpose of making people feel more intellectual than they really are. Nonlinear mysterious stories such as this one deserve more than what this movie has to offer. This movie had so much potential and in the end I'm left wondering what might of been.