Review of The Puffy Chair (2006) by Jim H — 23 Nov 2012
An emotionally unavailable man and his wife take a road trip to visit his father, along the way picking up his hippie emotionally unavailable brother.
Guess what this film is about. You got it: emotional unavailability. Normally I have a high tolerance for douchey characters as long as they're interesting. Josh and Rhett are douchey and uninteresting. Throughout the film it's hard to sympathize with them, and in the third act argument between Josh and Emily, the film is unfair to her: it's clear that she meant that she deserved better than the way he was treating her, not that she deserved better than him. It's bad writing.
The performances are mostly good; I don't think Mark Duplass could have done more with the character he wrote for himself.
Overall, this isn't a very complex or intelligently written film.
This review of The Puffy Chair (2006) was written by Jim H on 23 Nov 2012.
The Puffy Chair has generally received positive reviews.
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