tenant two writer struggle to complete their book in an all but empty apartment house . they at first help each other and then slowly the tension between them begin to build . this be base upon a bernard malamud novel and unfortunately everyone speaks a though they be in that novel . very little of the dialog be natural and it purple and brim with shade of meaning . it a if a college english major with a head full of pretension write the script . it awful and i find myself instantly immune to anything the film have to say and which be a shame since the film be populate with great performance from top to bottom . snoop dog on down be fine form and unfortunately none of them can over come the falseness of the word and the premise . i can not really recommend this movie . while not really bad and it very preachy and pretentious to the point of make you want to walk away . i lose interest less then a third of the way in and have to struggle to get to the end . if youre interested i would try it on cable and but i wouldn not lay out good money to see it .