watch this with some trepidation and have see the absolutely excellent trailer . so few movie live up to their trailer and especially indie . anxiety increase by have read buscemi fairly harrow account of make the film in one of those the director book . shouldn not have worry . great flick . totally engross and especially to a cough former cough barfly like myself . beautifully understated and funny and very sad and nicely paced and buscemi very wisely not try to dominate every scene and although he certainly dominate the movie . movie appear on first sight plot less but actually it isn not at all represent buscemi search for a second chance to escape from the morass of his own making be rivet . everyone involved seem to have have a good time and the beautifully relaxed performance be the reward . only the two knucklehead goombahs fall below the otherwise uniformly excellent level . a real treat and and thoroughly watchable again able . my dvd be in tv format and which suck and but otherwise the low budget doesn not really intrude . near movie to it i can think of offhand be kill of a chinese bookie . radically different subject matter but similar bittersweet texture . a slightly and but only slightly and generous positive from me .