Summary: The movie centers around a man who attempts to get with his hot co-worker by claiming he has a mentally challenged brother and he pays his friend to act as one because the hot co-worker has a mentally challenged sister.
Review: This movie was hilarious at times and had its moments, and it's amazing to consider that this film was made with a budget of 5k and filmed on the weekends. The cast wasn't bad, but it wasn't astoundingly special. The lead female character is a model, Erika Walter, and won some award at some film festival for best actress. It must be really easy to be a good-looking actress because I didn't think she was strong in the part at times, but merely adequate. (She was probably 25 at the time of the filming, but she did seem to play a role that was more in the 30's despite the directors correctly saying that the cast was in the 20's because only those 20 somethings could make this movie believable in an interview.) The friends in the cast were the strong link, especially Jason Schaver as the friend who acted as a mentally challenged kid. The main lead, Ken Gayton, didn't seem fit for the part because he just didn't have the average joe-schmuck feeling about him. He just seemed too charming and not nervous enough in his interactions. I realize that the directors played the characters themselves and casting was limited, and they did a wonderful job of casting the minor roles in the movie.
Power Rating (Out of 5) and Comments: 3 This film did its job in entertaining, despite the cliches in the storyline. It was tremendously funny and amazing that it was such a low-budget film and I'll be keeping an eye out for the next movie S.O.L by the directors as they really inspire me with their story of never going to film school, or anything formal, but simply just having an idea and going out there to make it happen.
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