In this off-kilter comedy, a woman comes to terms with her husband's strange secret: a compulsive desire to cut off his arms.
Acting
Janel Moloney's deadpan desperation carries the whole film
Direction
Azar treats the absurd premise with unsettling sincerity
Writing
Dialogue that makes you laugh then immediately feel guilty
Director
Habib Azar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Habib Azar came from music video backgrounds, which explains the film's dreamlike visual rhythm during John's obsessive episodes.
Premiered at Sundance 2010 during a wave of 'mumblegore' and mumblecore hybrids, though it bombed commercially—too weird for comedy crowds, too funny for avant-garde audiences.
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