Two disasters become besties after a suicide intervention goes weirdly wholesome.
Alcoholic loser Calvin keeps getting fired as a grounds-keeper, but is given one last chance by the assistant to a reclusive millionaire, Jack. Drunk, homeless, and sleeping in the bushes, Calvin gets the job and manages to interrupt Jack’s attempting suicide! As the two become fast friends they decide to live out their days in a haze of weed, booze and women. What could possibly go wrong?
Acting
Welch and Morgan's messy, lived-in chemistry.
Writing
Dialogue that finds humor in genuine despair.
Direction
O'Melia balances slapstick with suicide subplot.
Director
Peter O'Melia
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Michael Welch and Trevor Morgan were child actors who'd known each other for years before this, lending their onscreen friendship an authentic worn-in quality.
The film quietly inverts the 'magical homeless person' trope — here, it's the wealthy recluse who needs saving by the disaster human, and neither is romanticized.
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