Product Details

• Directors: Matt Mulhern
• Writers: Matt Mulhern
• Producers: Big Beach
• Format: NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Studio: CreateSpace
• DVD Release Date: June 2, 2009
• Run Time: 83 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002BWOZBA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #369,206 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A schizo film..., December 31, 2006

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Grigory's Girl "Grigory's Girl" (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Duane Hopwood (DVD)

While I watched this film, it was schizophernic. There were some good dramatic moments, balanced with ridiculously cute montages, badly written supporting characters, and inane dialogue. David Schwimmer is OK as the title character. I never watched Friends on a regular basis, so I don't think of Ross like other people might when they see him. He's not a total disaster in this dramatic role, but he doesn't give an Oscar worthy performance. The character of Duane's ex-wife (nicely played by Janeane Garofalo, who does the best she can with her underwritten role) is a good example of what's wrong with the film. At the beginning, she is adamant about her anger and her decision to divorce him. At the end of the film, she's forgiving of him, and they part friends, despite the fact that she is moving to South Carolina with their kids and her new boyfriend. That type of logic plays more like a sitcom than it does a film that supposed to be a realistic depiction of alcoholism. The filmmakers never really give us a clear reason as to why Duane started drinking. He's still in love with his (now) ex-wife, he loves his kids, and he likes his job. Duane mentions his parents with affection, so he wasn't abused as a child. But he drinks nevertheless. There is also awkward comic relief (provided by Duane's roomate, an aspiring standup comic played by Judah Friedlander) that really illustrates the two faces of this film. Duane's relationship with a sympathetic bartender seems tacked on. There is one excellent scene where Duane has a breakdown in a casino, but it's nearly ruined by the standup comic's constant yammering throughout it. Overall, it's an up and down film, and not sure what kind of film it wants to be...

33 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Just Doesn't Work, June 3, 2007

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Bad Johnny (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Duane Hopwood (DVD)

Expecting to completely enjoy this movie based on some nice things I had heard, I was stunned by my negative reaction. Wow! This movie wants you to care about alcoholic loser Duane and the serious problems that he faces one minute. The next, it wants you to laugh at weird and completely unrealistic characters and situations. Sometimes it tries for subtle realism, sometimes for the absurd. It just doesn't work. If you think child endangerment is funny, this might be the movie for you. But there was no payoff for me. Every time I was tempted to care, the movie then played a comedy bit to throw things off course again.

29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not very believable or interesting, December 26, 2006

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Office Lover (Scranton,PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Duane Hopwood (DVD)

I wanted to see this film as a fan of John Krazinski, and he's good. Unfortunately, he's not in it enough. The rest of the movie is an alcoholism story, one that is not particularly new or compelling or believable. Schwimmer has a few good moments, but too much time is spent on crazy subplots and unnecessarily eccentric characters.