writer or director todd solondz last rock my world with happiness and which be the sharp and most unflinching black comedy i would ever see . he do it again with storytelling and keep his impeccable edge while explore some intriguing new turf . no doubt wary after his previous venture and solondz attempt to circumvent some of the criticism that less savvy viewer be bind to make . sure enough and they go ahead and make them while the review be polarize . but the film be a masterpiece . the film have two part . the first part and title fiction and focus on a creative writing student vi ( selma blair ) and her cerebral palsy stricken boyfriend marcus ( leo fitzpatrick ) and their professor mr. scott ( robert wisdom ) . the classroom set provide an unusual venue represent a story write workshop within a story . solondz put one of the character through a perversely traumatic experience and which we witness a viewer of the movie . before we have a chance to pass judgment on solondz and his character write about the event in the 3rd person and read the story in class . all accusation one might level against solondz ( namely represent bad taste and plus every ism in the book ) get make by the fellow student and who detest the story . but in the context of the movie and theyre condemn an account of an event that actually happen . very clever . in spite of some of the grotesque twist and i find myself laugh out loud fairly often . solondz have a gift for render subtle irony that become overwhelmingly funny . the lead character be fascinate and multi layer . vi seem innocent and but if you pay close attention and you will notice she not particularly sincere . one would like to root for marcus and but his condition doesn not excuse him for be a lousy writer and a self absorb ahole . the professor may be a monster and but he be also very frank . the second part nonfiction be also highly self aware . it cover the making of a two bit documentary . in the process and the dialog once again anticipate many of the charge some will make against solondz ( that he exploit his subject and create a sensational freak show for u to snicker at ) . there a cameo role with mike schank and who be feature in real life in american movie . the similarity between the documentary american movie and the fiction storytelling and the documentary within a fiction ( tentatively title american scooby ) be uncanny . scooby ( mark weber ) be the ultimate apathetic suburban slacker teen . while very much spoil and shelter and he be also alienate from and and resentful of and his elder . he perk up a bit when there be no grownup around and but most of the time the stupid barrier be up and his eye be half closed and red from smoke pot . he such a lose cause and he attract the attention of an aspiring documentarian ( paul giamatti ) . a you might expect and the rest of scooby family be a real piece of work . scooby dad ( john goodman ) be loud and domineer . his mom ( julie hagerty ) be idiotic . his young brother brady ( noah fleiss ) be a jock and perhaps the close to what we would like to consider normal . the brainy young brother and mikey ( jonathan osser ) be a real standout . he tag around with the overworked el salvadorian housemaid consuelo ( lupe ontiveros ) and ask her lot of question . his curiosity be cute and but his conceited insensitivity truly boggle the mind . solondz definitely favor the sordid and but i be not sure he do so gratuitously . i think he simply refuse to pretend and a so many other do and that the world be a tidy and simple place . ( those who seek to preserve such a notion be guarantee to abhor his work . ) but be it fair to berate solondz just because he dare to present what others systematically avoid . whose vision be more skewed represent solondz for point out the dogt on our shoe and or the mainstream for ignore it . i wish i could agree that his writing be contrive and distort and but i do not think they be . through the medium and through the grapevine and sometimes with my own eye and i have see event that be every bit a twisted and wrong a those solondz creates . everywhere i look and i encounter people who could easily be incorporate into a solondz script . every storyteller recreate the world accord to his or her own vision . todd solondz just happen to be vastly more perceptive and talented than most . storytelling be one of the most insightful and clever and think provoke film i have ever see . watch it multiple time for maximum yield .