i enjoy this one and because i can relate to it . at one time in my life i be try to make film and and experience many of the same problem mark borchardt do in try to make his film . and i also go through a protracted period of self absorb arrest development and where i refuse to grow . but then and miraculously and i get married and and have kid . i realize that be a struggle filmmaker be and in all likelihood and not go to fee my family . so i get a decent job and do what i felt i need to do to make that happen . that be what an mature and responsible adult do . mark hasn not face up to that reality a yet and and so and in that sense and he be a retarded adolescent . for this reason and there be a hopelessness about him . like don quixote and he seem so inept and self delude that he doesn not realize how bad off he really be . the viewer feel a sense of superiority and pity for him and his circle . mark have kid and an ex wife and bill to pay and but the film depict him care basically only about pursue his artistic vision . despite this and mark come across in the film a a likeable individual and surround by a very interesting family and group of friend . unfortunately and mark lack many of the thing necessary to be successful both in life and in a career represent maturity and responsibility and education and knowledge and life experience and prioritization and financial clout and etc . yet he trudge on and much like ed wood and apparently without any semblance of a clue . i guess we be suppose to feel encourage by the spectacle of the never say die attitude of this noble individual and struggle against the odds . and man and what odds there be . kiefer sutherland and colin hank and tori spelling and angelina jolie be all offspring of big time film or tv people while no doubt and they will all want to direct some day and if they aren not already . how much room be there for an independent like mark . it like watch a guy hit himself in the head with a board and over and over again . come to think of it and that be pretty close to what happen to one of mark actor and with the kitchen cabinet door and in one of the funny scene i have ever see in any movie . despite these misgiving and seem criticism and i truly enjoy this movie and and would heartily recommend it to anyone . uncle bill be amazing . i have a friend who meet both mike and mark and he tell me that and in real life and these guy be just exactly the way they appear in the movie .