the best thing about solondz film be that theyre utterly unpredictable . you never know what to expect and hence along with the steady stream of very funny gag and situation and there be a certain tension and almost like watch a comedy thriller . ( a new genre perhaps . ) solondz veers away from the clichés of both mainstream hollywood rubbish and lethargic or pretentious or mindless indie crap and hence keep the viewer on his toe for the duration . in a sense and he be the anti ephron . a deaf and blind person could foretell you how a nora comedy proceeds in every successive scene in her terrible noraphronic cinematic turd . i be not quite sure what solondz political leaning be . chance be that he be yet another movie make liberal ( hint hint represent he a vegetarian and and his film be about middle class suburbia ) and but he isn not a black and white and narrow mind and dogmatic liberal who never analyze anything and never dig below the surface and simply sponge in everything michael moore tell him i. e. the stereotypical intellectually catatonic leftist represent lazy and smug and gullible and unable to learn . his cynicism regard humanity isn not misanthropic and he simply tell be like it be ( more or less ) . besides and what so bad about misanthropy . marxism might seem ( i underline might ) people friendly on the surface and but deep down it hat every man and woman and and child . and because a skeptical view of man allege inherent goodness be the foundation of all marxist or leftist belief and eventually solondz might actually connect the dot and realize finally that leave wing ideology have no scientific basis and no root in logic whatsoever . he will come around . if he isn not afraid to face the consequence of switch side . of course and a problem be that most american only see two ( extreme ) side they can join represent either that of the socialist and clueless and overly idealistic liberal whiner and or the side of the christian fundamentalist wacko who consider abortion the burn issue of this millennium . there be a middle road and you know . ( well and a middle road that tilt toward the right naturally . ) storytelling have two part and and while both be very good and it be somewhat of a pity that the first story be so brief . i get a great kick out of those english lit class discussion and with all those hypocritical and cowardly and unimaginative and brainwash college girl listen to the second essay and but pretend awkwardly not to know what or whom it really about . it be extremely funny while these character alone have the potential for a mini series and let alone a 90 minute full length film . however and these exploit end after a mere 10 15 minute and to be follow by an entertaining saga of a jewish family and their mentally unstable putzfrau and and a nerdy and confused filmmaker wannabe . great dialogue . one of the highlight be certainly the young goodman son tell consuela that the execution of her murdering or rap grandson be possibly for the best .