this movie so aptly depict the typical local pub and it immediate environs like no other movie i can remember . no phony prop or gussied up star need apply for this amazing blend of humor and pathos and center on tommy basilio and a drifting and booze loving and socially inept and confuse 20 something and who be in the throe of a pre mid life crisis . steve buscemi genius lie his total absorption of the central character and his ability to extract much of the same from his fellow actor . one be totally immerse in the middle class consciousness of this typical long island suburb to the point that you actually feel you be watch this happen on a sidewalk in the town and rather than in a theater or on tv . you get ta love the character interaction between him and chloe s. from the ice cream truck to the munchkin song . the cameo ish performance of t. lapaglia and sam jackson and etc . really augment the story line impeccably . samuel jackson have to crack you up when he say to tommy new find drinking buddy represent your wife like the city because she be a city girl and and you be too . whoa . a city girl too . in short and great comedy and drama and romance and real life stuff . great movie .