The Good Life (movie)

So I was interested in watching this film for a couple of reasons...

1) It stars the very sweet Mark Webber, who wrote and produced and possibly directed Explicit Ills, which features the heart-wrenchingly beautiful Paul Dano, who I am ever so slightly in love with.

2) It was written and directed by Steve Berra, who was (possibly still is) a proffesional skateboarder who used to skate for Toy Machine and DVS. The Good Life was screened at Sundance in 2007, which means Berra is (so far) the only professional athlete ever to have written and directed a film that was accepted into competition at Sundance. Well done Steve.

I appreciate that these are kind of stupid reasons to search out and watch a film, and a waste of time I could have spent watching Hogan Knows Best reruns and eating cheese spread, but since I went to all this trouble, I guess I could mention a few things I thought about it.

Its a nice film. Its certainly well directed and without exception the performances are pretty outstanding. The script is kind of lame in places, in a slightly cringy, cliche ridden way, but real life conversations are often like that anyway. Its a film that should have a seriously awesome soundtrack, but if it does I didn't notice it. Its the sort of film girls would like, but the female characters really don't get represented in the most positive of lights.

So... whats the stupid film about? According to IMDB, its "A story about a mostly normal young man who makes the most out of fitting in when he obviously doesn't.
Plot: A young man (Mark Webber) is encouraged by a new friend (Zooey Deschanel) to cope with living in a town where he doesn't necessarily fit in".

So there. Well done Steve. And you're a brave man for marrying Juliette Lewis, even if it was just for a while. Well done Steve.