Eat Cheese
Added 11/16/2009
Not a great movie. They suck you in with the Sarah Silverman name but she's hardly in it and the movie had a terrible plot. Was a middle of the road movie...wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Have already given it to the library for a donation.
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Sweet little indie movie
Added 5/18/2009
Nice, sweet independent movie by Jeff Garlin (written/directed/starred). I guess he's a regular on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm', but I haven't seen that show. Here he plays a lovable comedian who lives in Chicago (with his mom) and performs regularly as part of the Second City troupe. He's also looking for love (maybe with the wild Sarah Silverman? maybe with milder Bonnie Hunt?), and trying to figure out what's next in his life.
Reminds me a lot of the John Candy movie 'Only The Lonely', which I also liked a lot. This isn't a movie that's gonna change your life, but you won't regret the 90 minutes you give to it. Oh, almost forgot - there are a lot of references in this film to 'Marty', and old movie with Ernest Borgnine. Unfortunately I've never seen it, so I don't get all the in-jokes. I'll have to check it out some time...
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delightful
Added 3/30/2009
This film is refreshing. I discovered it in previews on another dvd.
Just the title made me want to buy it. If you need to be slammed on the head with less than funny humor like a watermelon being tossed off a building than this film is perhaps not for you. It is subtle and perhaps too subtle for some but that's the charm. It's a quiet small film. There is more than enough need for films people find as I did this one by quirk of fate. Jeff Garlin worked hard to get 'I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With' made. I for one am amused and happy with the presentation. I especially like audio commentaries on films and this has a dandy one...one of the best I've run across. I even tried rice pudding because I enjoyed this film. I have spent many more dollars on films that have delivered much less entertainment.
Thanks Jeff.
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I Want Someone To Enjoy This Movie With
Added 3/17/2009
The title and the synopsis on the DVD cover may make "I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With" sound like another lame rom-com, but it's far better than that. Having seen some episodes of "Curb Your Enthusiasm", and finding Jeff Garlin's character to be much more interesting than that of Larry David, I was curious enough to look further.
Quite often, said curiosity leads me to some real turkeys, but I'm pleased to say that isn't the case here. Though it gets off to a meandering slow start at first (which Garlin's character James explains is "kind of like his life"); it's got a lot of heart, and in ways that stand up to and even improve with repeat viewing. That's all the more fortunate because it's rare.
Briefly, James is an overweight and out-of-work 39 year-old actor who lives with Mom as he sort of moseys his way thru life. The "plot" does not involve high drama; rather, it is a character study, or series of character studies, as James interacts with various people - store clerks, best friend, bosses, and potential love interests among them. OK; I know that doesn't sound very compelling, but nevertheless there is a great deal of humor and grace and wit in these interactions. It is NOT the usual eye-rolling, cliched stuff. Sarah Silverman is perfect as something of a she-devil soda-jerk. Bonnie Hunt as a school teacher and reputed "chubby chaser" is hilarious. Also, I very much enjoyed Amy Sedaris' brief appearance as the somewhat goofy counselor.
Additionally, I don't understand others' criticism of the way the movie ended, or those who labeled the film "depressing". I thought the ending was uplifting and most appropriate; a gentle coup de grace for Jeff Garlin's first effort. I hope there will be more.
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I want a better ending
Added 9/19/2008
For his directorial debut Jeff Garlin tells an all too familiar story. The tale is of the shy and sensitive loner who is hopeless in his search for love. In Jeff's case the guy is a fat guy who still lives with his mom. Garlin is doing what many other writer/directors have done before which is writing themselves a sympathetic character and then casting a hot actress to fall for them and adore them. In the film Jeff has a strange hobby of going to the convenience store late at night and stocking up on his favorite junk foods. He lays on the hood of his car wishfully looking up at the stars as he stuffs his face with the fattening foods. He works for a hidden camera show that plays cruel jokes on it's unsuspecting marks. His heart isn't in it so one day he quits. In his spare time he performs with the legendary Second City in Chicago. (There are some fun cameos from Second City alums.) He enrolls in a support group for over eaters but he ends up walking out of his first meeting and heads to a nearby ice cream shop. Behind the counter is the beautiful Beth (Sarah Silverman). As a conversation starter she asks him sexually risque questions that catches him off guard. He reads her forwardness as interest on her part. The two start hanging out together after Beth gets off work. On their first date they go for a walk in the park. After their walk they sit on some steps and talk about how lonely they are. There is a couple having a picnic who are feeding cheese to each other. Seeing this Beth tells Jeff that she wants someone to eat cheese with. After this touching moment she invites him to go underwear shopping with her. Silverman is very sexy and funny but her acting isn't as good as her stand up. This is her first romantic lead in a film as opposed to playing the sassy best friend in so many other movies. She makes the most of the opportunity and captures everything you could see yourself wanting in a woman like this. The romance between the two of them doesn't unfold as you would expect and it's disappointing to watch how the Silverman character handles things. I thought this part of the film was too underdeveloped and that things ended abruptly. You don't much care for the Silverman character by the end either. That isn't her fault though it's Garlin's for not coming up with a better way to end things between Jeff and Beth. Perhaps he chose to go that route so that you would feel more sympathy for his character. Bonnie Hunt gets a lot of laughs as a kindergarten teacher who Garlin meets shortly after ending things with Beth. Garlin is an extremely likable and funny guy and this film has some clever writing on his part. There are some fun performances but just as the premise is familiar the film turns into another wistful story about a romance that didn't pan out.
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