Josh (Mark Duplass) and Emily (Katie Aselton) are a NY couple with some unnamed problems. Josh finds a purple puffy chair reminding him of his father's chair and buys it for him. He has to drive cross country to pick it up and then deliver it to his father as a surprise gift. They stop along the way and invites his brother Rhett on the trip.This is one of those Sundance Mumblecore indie. It's the Duplass brothers' first full length movie. The camera work is slightly better than amateur. The characters are a little frustrating. I can't figure them out. They're a little annoying. They do weird stuff that doesn't make sense. I wouldn't call this movie a comedy. It's kind of a dysfunctional relationship/road trip/family drama.

When keepin' it real goes wrong...this is actually a great film, from an artistic perspective. The acting is top-notch (I've liked Mark Duplass & Katie Aselton since The League, but I gotta say I didn't know they had this level of dramatic acting proficiency in them), the dialogue is extremely realistic, and its depiction of human relationships is insightful. However, it gets pretty dark, and I didn't relate to the characters that well (except, in some ways, Josh, because he's a problem solver & leader, and while he's not above blame, I saw his side most of all). I almost rated this one lower, because I didn't like the way I felt afterwards (I rate movies based on overall entertainment value, rather than pure artistic merit)...I've encountered enough of this movie's situations in real life to not want to watch others go through it on screen. That being said, I respect the message, it's an awesome conversation starter, and a really a good little independent gem...just save it for one day when you're mad at people in general, and you want to embrace that disdain. You also might want to think twice about watching it with your significant other...it could start a fight.

I watched this movie on a sleepy "nothing good is on, but I just don't feel like doing anything serious right now" afternoon during the Winter Holidays, but was in for a very nice surprise. It's a linear plot, yet, it's far from being predictable. But what I liked the most about this flick is its exquisite sense of humor; it probably also helped that to me Joshua's character was somewhat reminiscent to that of Peter Gibbons in my all-time favorite movie Office Space. In a general sense, this movie really reminded me of Before Sunset in terms of its overall charm and the natural nature :-) of acting. (Unfortunately I haven't seen Before Sunrise yet, so I can't really refer to that one in this comparison.) So to conclude, this movie was well-written, well-directed and very well-acted; it would be nice to see more indie masterpieces like this.

I just saw this quirky movie today on cable. At 1st I thought I was watching a documentary the way is was unprofessionally filmed. But I got used to the unsteady camera and its chosen angles. It is a comedy, of sorts, about a road trip with a guy, his girlfriend and his not-so-normal weirdo brother to fetch a nostalgic Lazy-boy chair (won on auction at e-bay) for his father's birthday. Not terribly exciting, very predictable story line so I'm confused about the rave reviews. If you have nothing to do on a dreary Sunday afternoon and live in the Northeast (c'est moi) then watch this movie. I gained nothing from the boring story. Maybe the lesson I learned is buyer beware when purchasing something from e-bay? Watching a movie I like to take away something even just pure pleasure, can't say that about this flick.