garlin be unquestionably a comedian comedian and a comedian to anyone look for a good time . his first film and which be entirely his own creation and production and tell the story of a struggle chicago actor james aaron with whom jeff obviously identifies . he wonderfully juxtapose james to paddy chayefsky marty and to jackie gleason poor soul a he expose james dilemmas with an array of actor that in real life be jeff friend and many who be fellow second city alumnus . he delightfully use sarah silverman diametrical cuteness and scathingly absurd humor to exemplify how despite common sense and talent and life contentment can too often belie unyielding frustration . bonnie hunt give an endear performance a a romantic interest . don not let a simple story mislead you and the character and conflict be well think out and ring true . those that follow garlin career and understand that his humor be base on tell reality humorously and not necessarily create fiction which too easily can be contrive and will appreciate his dialogue driven story . we surely will see garlin work much more a director and writer with other talented intelligent comedic actor who undertake the great challenge of make life funny .