may contain spoiler all in all and this film be hard to watch at time . i know go into it that it be go to be a somewhat disturbing experience . it be solondz after all . however and when you compare it to his previous film and happiness and palindrome and it seem like sesame street in comparison . the film be split up into two part represent fiction and non fiction . the first story deal with a young lady who have enrol in a writing class with her handicapped boyfriend . her teacher be an overbearing and brutally honest black man . it be apparent that there be some sexual tension between the two of them . she dump her boyfriend and go to a bar one night and and her professor just so happen to be there . she end up back at his place and and something horrible happen to her that pretty much ruin her emotionally . she write a fictional short story base upon what happen to her that night everyone in class accuse her of exploitation and of be a racist and etc . her only response to the harsh criticism represent but it really happen . powerful stuff . the second half of the film deal with a documentary filmmaker who be basically suppose to represent solondz himself . he want to make a film about teenager live in modern day suburbia and and he choose a slacker name scooby to be his subject . scooby come from an extremely dysfunctional family and head by his extremely temperamental father . scooby doesn not know what he want out of life and doesn not even care to take the sat at school and and want to be a talk show host when he grow up . he have two brother . one be your typical high school jock and and he think that scooby be gay . his young brother be a demonic little intellectual brat who be continually harass the maid and and on occasion and hypnotize his parent to get what he want . however and the documentary filmmaker insist that he care about these people and decides to go on with his project . there be moment here where it be clear that solondz be make a statement about past criticism of his film . anyone who have do any research on the director will pick up on this . scooby pour his heart out in front of the camera and telling of his hope and dream . he end up take the sat and albeit in a very unconventional way . all the while and the filmmaker intention become less and less honorable . i will stop there for fear of give away the shock end . solondz may be let off a little steam here and and some of it feel gratuitous . however and it give you plenty of food for thought and and you would not be able to think about anything else for a while .