The read
It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
A fidgety, wisecracking video store clerk develops a fixation on a particularly reclusive customer, a frequent visitor to the pornography section of Cinefile, the video store where he works in Los Angeles. After multiple failures to impress her during their brief daily transactions, he finds her street address in the store's database, drives to her apartment building and initiates an unconventional campaign to win her affections.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes48%
Metacritic54/100
98 audience votes
Key crew
- Marianna PalkaDirector
Cast
- Marianna PalkaThe Woman
- Jason RitterThe Man
- Eric EdelsteinEric
- Mark WebberDerek
- Martin StarrSimon
- Tom ArnoldDad
- Jesse GarciaJose
- Katherine WaterstonKatherine
- Elisabeth WaterstonElisabeth
- Charles DurningCharlie
- Seth GabelKissing Man
- Bryce Dallas HowardKissing Woman
Stills
Themes
sexualityroommatesmisfitrelationshipsexual repressionwoman directorfear of intimacyvideo rental