I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2006)

My iTunes library and my iPod are loaded with NPR podcasts that are beginning to pile up. Over the summer I listened to a 2007 episode of film critic Elvis Mitchell's The Treatment (KCRW in Santa Monica) in which he interviewed actor Jeff Garlin (best known as Larry David's pal on Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO). This movie is Garlin's feature film directorial debut (he directed one episode of Curb), and he also wrote and starred. He said Larry David was appalled that the title ended with a preposition, but everyone who heard the title laughed, so Garlin stuck with it. I watched the DVD yesterday with a Chicago native, who was tickled by all the Chicago location shots. Garlin's character, James Aaron, a member of the Chicago improv troupe Second City, is looking for love. It's absolutely delightful. Sarah Silverman tones down her usual vulgarity (a bit), Bonnie Hunt is good, and Mina Kolb is endearing as James' mother. That's Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson's voice) as the convenience store clerk, director Paul Mazursky as the sleazy producer, Dakota's little sister Elle Fanning as the "niece," and SNL alum Tim Kazurinsky as Bill Bjango. Check it out.