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Life/Drawing

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While preparing for his first gallery show, painter Alex (Mark Ruffalo) is abandoned by his girlfriend, Yvette (Anne Marie Johnson), after his exhibition falls through. Forced to fall back on a pizza delivery job while figuring out his next steps, Alex moves into a decrepit apartment building. Surrounded by eccentric neighbors, the artist grows unexpectedly attracted to new resident Lori (Beth Ulrich), a former soldier whose background and interests are completely different from his.
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MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher 03/02/2006
[W]orth catching only for Ruffalo's effortless charm... Go to Full Review David Cornelius eFilmCritic.com 02/02/2006
3/5
A nice reworking of some very old material. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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07/02/2011 Mark Ruffalo plays an unsuccessful artist who just broke up with his art world girlfriend. He moves into a cheep apartment across from a cute girl from a small town who knows nothing about the art world. These two fall for each other right off the bat & start a secret relationship. The Mark Ruffalo character is really condescending to his new girlfriend & trouble ensues. The story is nothing innovative, the best touch are the bizarre neighbors & landlord. The love interest is a nice girl next door type as opposed to an an unattainable goddess. I really liked this realistic touch. Fun, but by no means a must see. See more 04/08/2011 It's right up there with The Room in terms of being unintentionally hilarious. It's labelled as a comedy, but pretty difficult to tell which parts are actually supposed to be funny...Also, it was made in 2003, but seems like the entire aesthetic of the movie was determined roughly ten years prior to that... See more 09/26/2010 What a bad movie. There was nothing remotely interesting about it. The plot was just okay; really no reason behind it. Poor Mark Ruffalo for being stuck in this movie forever. He is always nice to watch though. So he gets my two stars, not the movie. See more nilufer e @Nilicim 07/17/2010 This movie is the ultimate reminder of the saying "one man doesn't make a movie". Thank goodness it was short. See more 02/07/2009 I don't know... just can't really get into movies where the central character is self-centered, self-destructive, obnoxious, and pitiful. See more 01/23/2009 Didn't care enough to watch the entire thing. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Dan Bootzin

Director

Mark Ruffalo

Alex

Beth Ulrich

Lori

Alan Gelfant

Ray

Anne-Marie Johnson

Art Gallery Patron

Mary Coleston

Sylvia
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Synopsis While preparing for his first gallery show, painter Alex (Mark Ruffalo) is abandoned by his girlfriend, Yvette (Anne Marie Johnson), after his exhibition falls through. Forced to fall back on a pizza delivery job while figuring out his next steps, Alex moves into a decrepit apartment building. Surrounded by eccentric neighbors, the artist grows unexpectedly attracted to new resident Lori (Beth Ulrich), a former soldier whose background and interests are completely different from his.
Director
Dan Bootzin
Producer
Elizabeth Rivera Bootzin
Screenwriter
Dan Bootzin, Elizabeth Rivera Bootzin
Production Co
Six Feet Under Films
Rating
R (Language)
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 2, 2017
Runtime
1h 29m
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