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Beginning with a chance encounter in a campus elevator, this boy-meets-girl comedy by Greg Watkins and Caveh Zahedi chronicles the romantic crush a film student (Zahedi) has on a shy artist (Erin McKim), documenting his multiple, urgent attempts at securing a date. Getting his feet wet, Zahedi awkwardly holds her umbrella while she studies for an exam; in another sequence, he brings her a flower--day after day, but she's never around to receive it. Each attempt to impress her winds up a painful--if beautiful--failed gesture. In true schlemiel fashion and sticking with the surface realism of the film--real-time action, real-life participants, and third-person documentary-style photography--the hero is allowed no bag of tricks. Each method falters, and he suffers a Chaplinesque pratfall. But while the prospects of the protagonist dwindle, he also gains from the perspective of a pressing, difficult experience. Don't let the familiarity of the story's formula (nice guys don't get laid) or the hero's sweetness (nerd in search of a girlfriend) fool you; the underlying dramatic tensions in the film are love and infatuation and how very hard it is--when we're being honest--to tell the difference between the two.
--Christopher Chase
Product Description
This engaging true-life-adventure romantic comedy puts a new spin on the classic love triangle!
