I'm a big fan of the Duplass Brothers and their success - I think it's well deserved. I think that, like Jeff in this film, they were in the right place at the right time and ready for it. They tell simple stories but ones that are just rife with wonderfully comedic, but painfully honest moments - and this is no exception. The story is, literally, about a stoner son who is sent out to buy wood glue for his mother and the events that transpire around it. Jeff is obsessed with the idea of fate and things happening for a reason and this day will test that in really great ways.
Filled with talents that I adore - Jason Segal, Ed Helms, Susan Sarandon, and Judy Greer (who can do no wrong in my book) - each character gets a solid moment to shine here.
Is some of it heavy handed? Perhaps - actually - yeah, sure. But it never steps into melodrama, it doesn't need to. It just got added to Netflix recently so there's no time but the present to check out this really solid little flick!
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