Rarely does Hollywood make a movie that is as unique as it is simple. This story is a snapshot in time, a few days in the life of a poet bound by both artistic passion and absolutely no sense of reality.
He is Calvin Wizzig and he is written for every artist out there who had a romantic image of what creating art should be like and the brick wall of reality that shattered their perception.
The two directors and writers obviously projected a lot of personal experience onto Calvin and it shows. It's seemingly unreal moments where a woman walks up to a stranger and asks him to fake marry her for money that make this movie so enjoyable because obviously these directors have lived in New York City where bizarre experiences like this happen every day.
I will say you may not enjoy this movie if you aren't familiar with the other lesser known works of Adam and Aaron Nee. The directors for this movie tend to write stories that cannot be found anywhere else in Hollywood. They are the directors of the comedy Lost City of D with Sandra Bullock, Brad Pitt, Channing Tatum, and Daniel Radcliff. This huge cast is no surprise as the Nee brothers attract all kinds of famous talent for their films from Sarah Silverman to Jack Black. This is because their films offer stories and perspectives that really have never been told before and actors are really attracted to once in a lifetime experiences that the Brothers Nee offer.
Unfortunately, this means that a general audience may have an aversion to this movie at first but with the right audience to explain why it is impactful to many artists, I think anyone can enjoy seeing life through their eyes.
