Mason is a reclusive telemarketer whose dysfunctional friendship with his boss is alleviated when a cute co-worker enters his life. But as he begins to sketch his new friend's portrait, disturbing feelings from his past threaten to lead him down a path of destruction.
A pretty intense movie that I sort of stumbled across because the director/writer is Adam Green, who recently also did Hatchet, which I love. It's nothing at all like that horror film though, but more of a drama/thriller.
The main character, who is played excellently by Joel Moore (who also co-wrote and directed), is delusional and trying to overcome some serious demons. He's an outcast and oddball who really has only 1 friend, his boss, until a new girl enters his life. Things go great for a bit, then start to unravel and the film does a nice job of pulling the viewer in, while casting a sense of dread over things. You feel like something bad is about to happen the entire time. Even the location itself is always dark and rainy it seems. There are also a couple of nice twists in the plot.
Amber Tamblyn plays his love interest, and if there was anything I didn't really like about the movie is that I find it hard to believe someone as adorable as her would really find him attractive, not just in the looks department as much as he's just so odd there's no way he couldn't cause her to have some red flags about getting to know him. This bothered me a bit as his character is just a bit too over-the-top, and most people I know in "the real world" would be keeping some distance from the guy. Toning his character down a bit, or getting some Hollywood hunk to play it, or getting somebody in the female role not as hot as Amber would have helped the film.
I thought the acting, pace and overall feel of the movie were all excellent, dare I say very "Hitchcockian". I do recommend it for a little indie change of pace.
7/10
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