Sick, twisted, and hilarious, this story of a milquetoast pharmacist taking a walk on the wild side shows Sam Rockwell at his best--and few can walk wild as Rockwell (this time with Olivia Wilde). Jack and I particularly liked his starting as straight-laced and then going all out, because often Rockwell's characters start extreme, such as in his last blogged feature, The Way Way Back. Wilde (most recently in Her), as Rockwell's instigator, is pretty funny and sexy, and Michelle Monaghan (after I covered her in Source Code she brought a lot to season 1 of True Detective) is the bitch on wheels wife, literally--she rides bikes--from whom Rockwell needs distance. Ken Howard (Jack always brings up The White Shadow, the TV series 1978-81), Ray Liotta (last in The Place Beyond the Pines), and Jane Fonda (most recently in The Butler as Nancy Reagan) have some funny bits, too. Ben Schwartz (Jean-Ralphio in Parks & Recreation and Clyde Oberholt in House of Lies) has a small but good part as the pharmacy delivery guy.
Co-directed and co-written by writing partners Geoff Moore and David Posamentier (although a spoiler-laden interview on cinemanerdz says they have impressive resumés, nothing is listed on imdb other than the latter as Zach Braff's assistant on Garden State (2004)), this has dismal ratings on rottentomatoes (21/22). Variety called it "dreadful." What drugs are they on? We laughed a lot and forgot our troubles for 91 minutes on opening night tonight. Try it. You'll like it.
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