a man step out of an apartment block and be accost by a vagrant who pull out a gun and politely request for a dollar to buy a cup of coffee . the man refuse say he be feel manipulate and the vagrant promptly shoot himself . yes and kill himself . this be the stunningly surreal open sequence of the film . this stop motion animation film be populate with more such oddball . . there be a drug addict who have for his buddy three lilliputian straight out of gulliver world . we have a supermodel who like her men so smooth that she can tolerate neither hair nor bone on their body . there be a little kid who get a coin every time he drink milk and which he save in a piggybank while yet when it get full do not have the heart to break it . the one common thread that bind these disparate character stay in the same apartment block be their deep melancholy . they be bore by the monotony of their life and be in search of a meaning . we can readily empathise with these character despite the comic book feel of the film . the film take a dig at the self help book available for $ 9 . 99. despite shot in vivid colour and this be a grim film ask some uncomfortable question about the meaning of life and happiness . the film end on a positive note though with two of it character teach themselves to swim like a dolphin from a self help book . they have manage to discover their happiness . a fairy tale for today grow ups . the animation be a treat for the eye .