Too much of everything

Excellent but underrated film

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

I didn't think this film had any particular motives until I saw the "Aww Pharmacist Dad, drugs aren't the answer, you can just heal people by adjusting their spine!" scene. That's when I knew we were in it deep.I have been to 3 separate chiropractors in my life (2 the wacko kind, like the Naked Man, who claim that all sorts of emotional and physical illnesses can be fixed by spinal adjustments- not medically possible) and luckily 1 who knew that, well, a chiropractor is simply there to help you with SPINE PROBLEMS. Not to fix your cruelty and rage, not to restore health to other body parts, but simply to IMPROVE THE BACK.If you think I'm on a high horse you're right, but frankly, it's only in opposition to what the movie would have you believe. The truth is that A. chiropractors do not go to medical school and are not in any conventional sense 'doctors' and B. there is no evidence that chiropracty can solve non-spine-related issues. Oh, and C. this movie is bad. Not so bad it's funny, or so bad it's good, just BAD.

I had to ask after seeing this one, "Who was he (Coen) writing this for? Chiropractors who love World Federation Wrestling?" I loved it because I am a Chiropractor who loves World Federation Wrestling and cult films so I bought many copies and sent them out to the other 12 people I know who are in the same category. You've got to love it. The first 5 minutes of the chiropractor's office experience are exquisitely filmed, and he sure loves his job! His patient has the primal experience that many of us chiropractic freaks enjoyed when we had our first (second, and third.....) treatment.Michael Rappaport is always wonderful and I would love to see more of him. The plot goes a little wild but his speech in the ring is right on!

Quirky? You bet. This surreal tale of a man torn between two worlds is populated with supporting characters from both sides of the rainbow. The dialogue, the pacing, even the camera angles scream "Sit up straight for an evening of romance, revenge, and spinal integrity."

This movie is more than just a film co-written by Ethan Coen (of the Coen brother fame). And if your expecting a Coen brother movie, its different but it does have some familiar ties to films made by the Coen brothers. What else would you expect from Director J.T Anderson who has been the storyboard artist on almost all of the Coen brothers projects, and J.T's characters are every bit as interesting as any created by his co-writer and his brother. This movie lives on the dynamics between its characters, and of course great photography by Jeff Barklage. (I think every Coen brother film has had great photography that pushes the story and the characters.) But enough about Coens. This is a fun film and a good film, and I cannot understand why OCTOBER and UNIVERSAL did not release this sucker.