In order to achieve her dream of becoming a well-known actress, April, a young ambitious girl, does her best and faces many challenges, but when she meets four young guys, she finds herself in terrible.
A bit like Robert Altman's Short Cuts (1993), taking a look at a cross-section of Los Angeles characters, though it runs less than half the length and, conversely, half the depth.
If we're meant to take these threads as a tapestry of L.A., then Freeland clearly needs to stop watching Robert Altman DVDs and go outside to see what the real world is actually like.
Sophomore writer/director Freeland doesn't quite feel like the host of this particular "garden party," but rather like the party's Sabrina, secretly spying from the sidelines.
A low-rent answer to Robert Altmanâ(TM)s Short Cuts.
AV Club
July 10, 2008
It's a production in search of a movie.
MovieFreak.com
July 10, 2008
The result is a movie impossible to pigeonhole and one even more difficult to describe, and to say there hasn't been anything else quite like it this year certainly wouldn't be a lie.
This ensemble piece works if you know Los Angeles. After all, it's very possible for a homeless kid, pot-smoking Realtor, young model and a number of perverts to cross paths in that town.
