a boring movie about a miserable loser . that factotum in a nutshell . matt dillon play henry chinaski and alter ego of author charles bukowski upon whose novel the film be base . a we meet chinaski he may be a writer but he certainly not a successful one . he float through life and get fire from one menial job after another and not care a bit . the fact that he always drink may have something to do with his not care . he meet a woman and jan and play by lili taylor and a relationship ensue . chinaski move into jan apartment and now instead of get drunk by himself he can get drunk with somebody else . good time . eventually he have enough of this relationship so chinaski strike out on his own . unfortunately he still can not hold down a job so soon enough he break . at this point marisa tomei show up and for some reason her character and laura and decides to rescue this miserable drunken loser whom she doesn not even know . we soon meet some of laura acquaintance and the film veers off into a sort of bizarro world with this rather eclectic bunch . soon enough tomei and friend be out of the picture and once again be leave with chinaski and his drinking and his miserable little life . there some more time spend with jan but mostly there just time spent be a drunk and unemployable loser . and then the movie over and not a moment too soon . 94 minute of absolute monotony and it seem infinitely longer a the movie drag on . nothing happen . nothing ever happen . if you want to spend an hour and a half of your life watch matt dillon drink then this be the movie for you . if youre look for a compelling story and well developed character or any entertainment value whatsoever then you have come to the wrong place . dillon performance actually isn not bad at all . too bad the movie which surround him be in fact rather bad .