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19 June 2009 (UK) moreTagline:
When it comes to family and relationships, there are no small surprisesPlot:
Mattress salesman Brian Weathersby (Dano) finds his plan to adopt a Chinese baby augmented by the arrival of a young woman, Happy (Deschanel), who comes into his workplaces, falls asleep on one of the beds, and starts to affect his life upon waking up. | full synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Cinema release inspirations including Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (From BoxWish. 19 June 2009, 2:27 AM, PDT)
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Paul Dano | ... | Brian Weathersby | |
| Zooey Deschanel | ... | Harriet 'Happy' Lolly | |
| Edward Asner | ... | Mr. Weathersby | |
| Jane Alexander | ... | Mrs. Weathersby | |
| John Goodman | ... | Al Lolly | |
| Sean Dugan | ... | Gary Wynkoop | |
| Brian Avers | ... | Larry Arbogast | |
| Louis Ozawa Changchien | ... | Matsubara | |
| Zach Galifianakis | ... | Homeless Guy | |
| Frank Harts | ... | Kenyatta Folds | |
| Tatsuo Ichikawa | ... | Nagata | |
| Ilana Levine | ... | Ducky Saltinstall | |
| Susan Misner | ... | Melanie Lolly | |
| Kenji | ... | Kanagae (as Kenji Nakano) | |
| Clarke Peters | ... | Roger Stovall |
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Rated R for language, some sexual content and violence.Parents Guide:
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Argentina:98 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) | USA:98 minCountry:
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Comedian Zach Galifianakis plays a key and controversial (though uncredited) role alongside Paul Dano. moreQuotes:
Happy: What are you reading?Brian: Uh, it's an article about a Tibetan Rinpoche who plays basketball with some other monks in Arizona. It says they got in fight with five advertising executives in front of a bunch of kids. What are you reading?
Happy: Um... mostly just ads.
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I greatly enjoyed this film at the Toronto International Film Festival... my favorite of over 20 films/debuts seen over the week. (The Wrestler my second favorite) The film does not explain every single detail of the story, allowing the viewer to fill in some of the unknowns with their own ideas of origins and what the untold really means to the major characters. Even the title of the film has to be examined for meaning. This may bother some people, but I found it to be very refreshing and thought that the writing and acting outstanding.
I think that Matt Asleton did a great job directing and co-writing the work... which in some ways reminded me of a David Gordon Green effort (a compliment in my book).
I hope that others might enjoy the film as much as I did.
Thank you.
Randall Dobson