Wiley Roth finds a severed human finger in his kitchen one night. Understandably freaked out, in a search across Los Angeles that brings them in contact with psychics, ineffectual police, crooked taxidermists, mysterious neighbors who might be on drugs, and a nine-fingered woman named Cheryl who might, improbably, end up being the girl of his dreams.
Acting
Colin Hanks commits to absolute bewilderment with beautiful sincerity.
Writing
Dialogue that treats lunacy as perfectly reasonable behavior.
Director
Peter Spears
Colin Hanks
Wiley Roth
Rachel Blanchard
Cheryl
Fran Kranz
Mitch
Tony Shalhoub
Mr. Roth
Tori White
Ann
Michael Patrick McGill
Neighbor #1
Michael Bailey Smith
Neighbor #2
Craig Anton
Officer Bill
Simon Helberg
Stewart
Brian Posehn
Officer Fred
Irwin Keyes
Woodsman Bob
Jon Prescott
Jimmy
Godfrey
Sabio
Giuseppe Andrews
Young Male Addict
John Boyd
Drunken Guy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Peter Spears later produced Call Me By Your Name—quite the pivot from severed-finger romantic comedy.
This is essentially a 2007 time capsule of indie quirk cinema that briefly dominated Sundance-adjacent programming.
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