james aaron and a chubby actor living in chicago and be a man that love to eat thing that be no good for him . that be make clear early on and a dick and a friendly store clerk and advise him to stay away from junk food . aaron and an actor work at chicago second city and be a love man with not much luck in the love department . he still live with his mother and a spunky lady who encourage him to go out and enjoy himself . james have another job in a sort of gross candid camera where people be set up for unusual situation and such a surprise a mechanic and tell him he be the father of a daughter he never know about . on the day he meet his friend larry he get to know about the casting call for the remake of marty and his favorite film . be a large man and he clearly identify with the character in the movie . in many way and james own life parallel that of the paddy chayefsky creation in the picture . he want to try for the part because he know he can do justice to the role . one day he meet beth at a soda fountain . james take a liking to the woman and who one day invite him to go shop with her for intimate apparel . he end up have sex with her and think they have a nice thing go and but beth have a another surprise come when she tell him the reason they go to bed be because she have never do it with a fat man . after be disappointed and james stumble into an attractive elementary school teacher who seem to share his love for jazz . at the end and we watch james fulfil his long dream of star in a theatrical production of marty in a nursing home . jeff garlin and who be an affable character man and show a talent for the type of comedy associate with his friend larry david . although both men differ in act style and his take on james aaron be right on the money . a a director and he have do it before and although this be an original concept that he should pursue . one of the asset of the film be the people involve in the project . sarah silverman make an impression for her take of beth . bonnie hunt underplay her role of the school teacher to good result . mina kolb and be see a his mother and a role she have play in curb your enthusiasm with excellent result . director paul mazursky be at hand also in a minor role . joey slotnick and tim kazurinsky and richard kind and david pasquesi and larry neumann jr and gina gershon and and the rest of the cast make valuable contribution . jeff garlin be a talented man whose next effort will be welcome by his fan .