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Careless (2007) -- An offbeat comedy in the style of "Bottle Rocket" and "After Hours". Wiley Roth finds a severed human finger in his kitchen one night...

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Eric Laster (writer)
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2007 (USA) more
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An offbeat comedy in the style of "Bottle Rocket" and "After Hours". Wiley Roth finds a severed human finger in his kitchen one night... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Giuseppe Andrews ... Young Male Addict

Craig Anton ... Officer Bill
Rachel Blanchard ... Cheryl
John Boyd ... Drunk Guy
Godfrey ... Sabio

Colin Hanks ... Wiley Roth

Simon Helberg ... Stewart

Irwin Keyes ... Woodsman Bob

David Koechner ... Lizard
Fran Kranz ... Mitch

Michael Patrick McGill ... Neighbor #1
Michael McShane ... Naked Man

Brian Posehn ... Officer Fred

Jon Prescott ... Jimmy
Michael Earl Reid ... Homeless Man

Tony Shalhoub ... Mr. Roth

Michael Bailey Smith ... Neighbor #2

Erin Spencer ... Drunk Guy's Girlfriend
Patrick Stiven ... Crossing Guard
Tori White ... Ann

Grace Zabriskie ... Adrienne
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Rated R for language.
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USA:90 min
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Continuity: When Mr. Roth puts the eye patch on Wiley, the strap on the right side is near his forehead. But, when the camera switches to a shot from behind Riley, Mr. Roth takes hold of the strap close to Wiley's ear and moves it up. more
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2 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
Quirky for the sake of being quirky., 21 June 2009
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Author: YoSafBridge from United States

It seems ever since "Little Miss Sunshine" was a hit the Independent film market gave up being original in favour of following LMS's lead.

Suddenly there is an influx of these "offbeat and quirky" films that lack what made Little Miss Sunshine a good movie in the first place: a fun and coherent storyline.

Careless is one of those movies. Rather than an actual plot, the story seems to revolve around "look at how quirky I am!". From the main characters almost bi-polar personality, to his quirk filled (Oh look he dresses funny and talks sarcastically!) but still one dimensional best friend, and the love interest who seemed to embody all the quirky character attributes without any realism whatsoever.

Not to mention that the mystery of where the finger came from, the basis of the story, honestly ended up being not that interesting after all. I stopped caring about halfway through the film. The ultimate payoff to this big mystery didn't make a lick of sense, and again seemed to have been written just to be 'quirky'.

Also, is it just me or do all of these offbeat independent films use the same offbeat music?

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