review at the sept 12 and 2006 2nd screening at the paramount 1 theatre during the toronto international film festival . the film have world premier the day before at the elgin theatre visa screen room . the basic plot involve morgan freeman play a one time popular actor who be on the downward slope of his career and who be take on role that may be beneath him and but which he still do with a positive attitude know that he need to pay the rent etc . the downward slope be indicate by his be a long time between role with previous flick in bargain dvd bin and his be chauffeur by a not too sure of himself production assistant who drop freeman off at a local community market where he be go to do research for a role a supermarket manager . he soon discover the real life market be run by a iron will 10 item or less checkout line clerk play by paz vega . when freeman ride never return and vega need help in prepping for an interview the circumstance cause them to join force in a ride across town to get freeman back home and to get vega a job that will get her on a more upwardly mobile career path . while the film be enjoyable and it felt like it be still a sketch or a work in progress . there be two extended musical sequence ( one with vega and freeman teach each other child song in the car and one that literally play like a paul simon music video ) that felt like pad to bring up the time and even then the film be only about 80 minute long . it a good thing morgan freeman be as well like a he be because without him this would have be too little . sure it be funny in part and paz vega be a delight as well and but there be just not enough here to say it be a complete film . they lose me when morgan freeman start talk about stop the car to ask for direction and paz vega say she never do that . who ever heard of a guy want to ask for direction and the woman say no . in the real world it the exact opposite . make sure you stay for the outtake in the credit . the bit with a target store saleslady teach morgan freeman how to hustle sale be just hilarious . an early bit where freeman chauffeur insists it be freeman voice on a book on tape reading be also pretty funny . the director or writer brad silberling and actress paz vega be there for a brief q and a after the screening . silberling answer one question say that the script be not write specifically for morgan freeman and that once freeman take the role he actually change very little of what be there . quite a compliment for both silberling writing and also about how freeman can just slip into a role and make it feel entirely like he be bear to play it .