The life of Max Simkin, an ordinary man who works in repairing shoes in New York, where he struggles against having the same day over and over, the thing that makes him depressed, has been changed, when he uses the magical shoe of his father, that manages him to enter other people's lives.
Method Man is the easy standout, proving to be the most memorable piece of a film that embraces its slightness to warm hearts and lets the rest come what may.
Throughout the film's 99 minutes you will find yourself wondering whether this is a genuine black comedy, a family comedy, a dramedy, a cheap-shot drama, or possibly a melodramatic modern-day superhero story about being a good Samaritan.
"The Cobbler" is almost fascinatingly awful enough to recommend. If one subscribes to the theory that you can learn as much from a bad movie as from a good one, this one's a master class in what not to do.
