Tulley, a once-promising literary star now biding his time as an advertising copy editor, moves from cynicism to acceptance as he secretly hopes to write a great novel only to learn that his life of booze will end all too soon. Levine, his best friend and Natalie, the woman who might have saved him, suffer the pain of Tulley's anger and rejection.
Acting
LaPaglia's Tulley—charming, cruel, and crumbling in real time.
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like smart people self-destructing.
Director
Mike Bencivenga
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Sandrine Holt's first English-language film after her breakout in '90s Canadian cinema.
The film premiered at Tribeca but barely got distribution—fitting for a movie about obscurity.
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