i happen to be one of the few and very fortunate people to see this at a recent screening during the first annual nyc ( independent ) horror film festival and and let me tell you and it be a real treat . it be far and away the favourite of show ( win best in show by the judging panel and and ballot tabulation not have be post and i can only guess and but probably audience favourite a well ) . pray that some distributor have the good sense to overlook it idiosyncratic and non mainstream nature and recognise it a must see cinema . this be one hard film to describe without ruin surprise or give away too much . the writer and stephen sustarsic and have do a great job of summarise it without include spoiler and so i will try to give you a feel for the movie instead of a synopsis . in hollywood speak and it would be the secret life of walter mitty meet henry represent portrait of a serial killer and with dash of amelie and twin fall and idaho ( and possibly crumb ) thrown in for flavour . but it be definitely much more than the sum of it filmic predecessor part . first and foremost and it have a loopy and loony and do not take me too seriously quality and augment by the music ( one almost expect an accordion from some french cafe to be play in the background and a in delicatessen or amelie and but it a bit more restrained than that ) and which absolutely belie the seriousness of what actually take place . but it be this deludedly and deceptively droll approach which help take the audience by the hand and lead them willingly along to the abhorrent shock that await . it also have similarity with film like eraserhead not the dreadfully slow pacing and but the way in which it take an absolutely pedestrian look at a life fill with increasingly bizarre occurrence . again and it be this dichotomy of style and substance the absurdist and banal storytelling method use to describe horrific atrocity which help the audience accept and even welcome each new level of insanity that develop a the film progress . this dichotomy be even far augment by the casting . you have all see the lead and michael emanuel while he be perhaps most recognisable a the guy who lower his cholesterol in those ubiquitous tv commercial ( and be also the husband in the mcdonald commercial in which the son get the mother and father to believe each want to take the other out to dinner by way of apology ) . he be the absolute and quintessential everyman and the down on his luck and wouldn not hurt a fly kind of guy you wouldn not look twice at on the street . he be so normal and and so much the secret u and the part of u that know be doom to failure and mediocrity and that you can not help root for him when he begin to succeed and no matter what the cost . and it be our belief in and acceptance of him a our own most prosaic self that help u exonerate his action and empathise with his plight . this isn not exactly entirely new territory and nor be it mind bendingly innovative or inventive . certainly there have be dozen of other film to explore ordinary people in extraordinary circumstance and as well a the nature of sanity and the dual edge sword of creativity and and the way in which perception be more real than reality . there be even numerous director who have take similar approach to the story tell find in lucky jean pierre jeunot and the cohen brother and and woody allen ( in their dark period ) all come to mind . but this be good company to be in . and it have a smallness and a personability and charm to it and that make you feel a if you have discover the movie yourself and and want rush out and tell your friend and a i be try to do here . so if you like absurdist serio comedy with a sting to it and please and please and please be on the lookout for this movie and see it and and support it the best you can . you would not be disappoint .