How sad is this?

Good start, but then it gets ruined

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Simon Grim (James Urbaniak) is a shy awkward garbage worker. He lives with his loud bossy sister Fay (Parker Posey) and mother. He is befriended by frustrated writer Henry Fool (Thomas Jay Ryan) who gives him a notebook. Simon gets beaten up. Henry sleeps with both Fay and their mother. While Henry's writing is rejected, Simon's writing becomes celebrated.James Urbaniak is a fine quiet weirdo and Parker Posey is hilariously loud. "Mom! Simon's got a broken rib..." She makes Hal Hartley's words sing. The weak point is Thomas Jay Ryan. Henry Fool is a crazy character. He needs to be played by a more charismatic actor with a wild energy. Ryan doesn't have a big enough screen presence. Also Hartley's quiet oddball manneristic style keeps the energy low. There are bit moments of utter genius writing but there are not enough to make the whole great.

The most underrated movie I've seen...This week, I wanted to watch the best of the best movies that I haven't seen, and out of all the movies like "Se7en", "The Usual Suspects" and "The Green Mile", that are considered the best of the best, the only one worth the 10, is this little known indie film. There's just something special about this movie I cant describe. The acting is top notch, as well as writing, and the ending is ingenious. But, I do think some people will dislike this movie. Some, like me, will love it, some will find it bad but there is no way to give this movie less than 4/10.

First of all, the dominant structure of the film is about expressionist of some feelings behind the negative personality of the garbage man that he is not also aware of his potential. our main character henry fool is the main actor of garbage man's success,but the genius person must react the situations more quickly. the diaolg between henry and the nobel prize winner is breaking the walls between them as before they were teacher and student and after ýt turned the opposite way after that part of the movie. maybe ý have alotof feelings but my words are not enough. someone must watch it and after he must say something about it.

I'm going to update this film review, being much older now. here 12 years later. Hartley should remake the film from the girl's point of view. you know. the 13 year old one that the guy has underage sex with (i.e. statutory rape). the one that doesn't even have a name in this film. its really really ***** up . i want to know about her life, not this guys life. in fact i don't know if i really like this movie as much as i once did. it is not exactly sympathetic to the guy... he is not the hero. but then again. i just ... i want to know how her life is, i don't care about his life. ***** him and ***** his life. -----------well, what is the point of this review. i reckon i will tell Hal Hartley and everyone else that worked on this movie was good for me to see.i mean i cried and cried and cried when the mom died, and other places. i know people like these characters. i am like these characters. when i see them up there, it gives me precious visions and dreams of myself and the people i know. these dreams and visions are among the most powerful and positive things in my life, i believe.the movie is about people, poverty, depression, mental illness, love, marriage, sex, babies, death, hate, violence, community, fear, anger, cowardice, forgiveness, art, and courage.i mean for chrissake the main title character is an adult out of prison for having sex with a 13 year old girl, which makes him a pedophile and a statutory rapist. the movie is about him and how he lives after that.compare it to other Hal Hartley: you got a weird fascination with porn, male heroes with extremely questionable, evil pasts, not sure how dangerous they are, anti-social hateful ranters who cant seem to fit into the whole 'job for money' thing, police in dual role, as destroyers and oppressors, but also as caring helpers, part of the community,incredibly odd off hand meetings with supposedly insignificant and unimportant people that in fact become the most important most significant most influential characters in each others livesoh yeah, and this movie has more to say about the internet than i have ever learned in my years of studying computer science.