Johnson gives an emotional and often funny performance, attempting to marry the action conceit with meditations on mid-life crisis and solitude to varying results. The supporting cast has some absolute killers- Anna Kendrick(as his love interest), Natalie Morales(as his ex), Andy Samberg(as himself), Mary Holland/Emily Hampshire/Nancy Lenehan(as his family)- but none are given much screentime and aren't incorporated fully into the story.
The script, written by Johnson(also serving as director), is clearly made to be low budget and its also clear the shooting schedule was limited so although the supporting cast is incredible it is clear they were only on set for a day or two, as a result much of the film is Johnson running around LA(actually shot on location which is a huge plus) kind of narrating his internal journey. Which isn't totally ineffective. There's laughs, there's some insight, but overall you are left with a feeling of incompleteness, of dissatisfaction, wishing Johnson would have a bit more time to revise his script and a bit more money with which to shoot it.
An intriguing if somewhat underwhelming debut from Johnson.
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