Kabluey has moments of whimsical fun. It's a bit slow, but you can't help but smile at the ridiculous characters, the strange situations and the sentimental moments. It almost plays out like a darker version of Napoleon Dynamite. Kabluey a likeable movie; it's just not a great movie.

Leslie is a desperate housewife in need of relief. She is stressed out after getting to know her National Guard husband's tour of duty in Iraq has been extended; she has no inkling in how to deal with her two boys, Lincoln and Cameron, two brats that seem hellbent in destroying the house. What to do? Talking to her mother, it is suggested she brings home her brother-in-law, Salman, as in Salman Rushdie, to give her a hand with the house chores. She has to return to work to make ends meet.Salman is a man that has not amounted to much in his life. His last place of residence was in Nevada, where he did not get a decent job, so going to Austin to help Leslie is perhaps the best news he has been offered in a while. Leslie, an airhead, offers Salman a blanket that has still some vomit to sleep, thinking he might have brought his own bed with him, when he is only doing her the favor! What could be wrong with taking care of his two nephews? Plenty! For starters, Salman and the boys clash. He is an inept person when it comes to do what is expected of him by Leslie. He can not even get the boys to behave. As a solution, he decides to use straps on them whenever he must take them to the stores, eliciting dirty looks from the supermarket cashier and manager.Leslie decides to get him a job. The building where her office is located is looking for a person that can work cheaply. Kathleen, the woman in charge, offers him a kind of job that presents Salman with a challenge. He is to wear a huge rubber suit that represents the logo of BlueNexion's mascot, Kabluey. Kathleen takes him to an isolated highway where he is supposed to distribute leaflets that promote the virtues of renting space in the company's headquarters. The bus ride Salman takes to get to work, gives him an earful of a loud mouth woman talking about her love life to a silent partner.Salman is not prepare to the indignities he must suffer to earn six dollars an hour perspiring profusely under the hot Texas sun. The only good thing that comes out of this job is getting hired for a birthday party where he is offered a hundred bucks for entertaining the kids that are mesmerized looking at him when they go by. To his credit, Salman is a big hit at the birthday celebration. He is a silent figure among all the mostly mothers that talk all kinds of intimate details and gossip.Salman, who has made a friend with the supermarket cashier that comes to cater the party, and another person that impersonates a big wedge of cheese, come to Leslie's rescue when she goes to a motel with a guy she works with. Leslie, at long last, realizes Salman is the nice person she had taken for granted, not giving him all the credit he was due."Klabuey" was an amazing discovery when it showed on cable recently. Written and directed, as well as acted by Scott Prendergast, this indie comedy has its heart in the right place. It might not be for everyone, but watch it with an open mind and it will work magic with the viewer that comes with no preconceptions about the film. The film works because Salman is not judgmental about anything. Life has not been kind to him, but he is not stupid. He walks through situations where nasty minded individuals thinks he is incapable of doing anything right, and yet, he proves he is way above everyone.As Salman, Scott Prendergast does a deadpan take on the character he created. He presents a serious face in funny situations that might give people the wrong impression. Lisa Kudrow plays Leslie, a small, but effective role as the harried mother with big problems she cannot solve. Conchatta Ferrel is amazing as Kathleen, the boss from hell. Teri Garr is seen on a couple of scenes.

The movie to me as the credits rolled was a smile and a nod. The heart warming light comedy with a psychology behaviorism aspect to it made me like this movie. As the movie progressed, it showed a semi-redundant life in two different lights (him in the suit/him out of the suit). The beginning came out with bursting out laughs and the movie soon progressed into a warm-hearted lesson. The fact of the comparisons you see with him in the suit and out of the suit will show mostly how people do adapt to who they are with and will give you a chuckle out of it.Slow,deep,methodical, and will probably keep you smile through the whole movie if you just take it as they want you too. I would give a watch :P

Scott Prendergast emerges as a talented writer, director and actor. The basic premise of 'Kabluey' may sound familiar but this non-glamorous, non-polished and subtle film stays true to life. Prendergast includes themes like the war in Iraq (and its effect on their spouse and children) and corporates ripping off the common population in the story but it is all understated and part of the main story rather than a subplot.Even the performances are understated. Prendergast is impressive as the penniless goofy black or blue sheep of the family who tries to be of some use to his sister-in-law. Lisa Kudrow is sublime proving once again that she can take any role and breathe life into it. Skillfully downplayed, in the beginning her character is not very likable but one does sense Leslie's pain and despair and gradually sympathize with her as Kudrow peels the layers exposing the depth of this working mother. Jeffrey Dean Morgan is pretty good as 'one of the corporates'. While the rest of the very talented cast: Chris Parnell, Teri Garr, Conchata Farrell and Christine Taylor, do a terrific job.The camera is used very efficiently. There is a particular long shot which takes place when Kudrow walks out of the motel that is of note. The locations are also wonderfully captured and it is interesting to see how Leslie's quiet neighborhood contrasts with the grasslands next to the highway. You don't see many people in either place. Both feel cold and 'unlived' in. Then you see Leslie's house which is at times cluttered and at times tidy but never does it feel like 'a home' because it doesn't look like it's being taken care of.It is the treatment Prendergast gives to 'Kabluey' that makes it such an original, refreshing, funny but also uplifting film. Some of the funniest scenes are the ones with Salman and the kids and with kabluey. Perhaps the funniest one being the one where the blue kabluey and cheesegirl team up. In addition, I really liked the unconventional soundtrack and the little animated feature that appears during the end credit.Prendergast has created a little gem and 'Kabluey' has been a delight to watch. I intend to revisit this one again.