what a waste of talent although it appear that crudup in real life be a lot more like the vapid and self absorb and character less character he portray in this disappointing movie . in art and sometimes the empty space reveal more than the painted or create content . what this movie reveal be the unconsciousness and the contradictory or compete and unresolved impulse or consciousness of the film director or writer . it unintentionally show the lack of awareness that a truly evolved and deeply aware character should have and be torment about in order to deserve audience empathy or sympathy or the lack of which be use to serve a a cautionary tale to the audience . but this film fail on either level in that regard . the fact that cal and the main character ( very much an antagonist and not a protagonist in the true sense of the word ) and have no empathy for anyone and especially those most deserving of it ( which do not include him ) and that he have such overblown and entitle and self pity and whiney sympathy only for himself and combine with the hallmark lack of remorse and no sense of guilt or awareness of his impact on others all converge in this film to make him the epitome of the self involve and developmentally arrest and narcissistic sociopath somehow this be now the gold standard for male on film and in the world at this point and time . one of his counterpoint ( james legros ) state with a laser true flash represent i bet you haven not do one good thing in life and i bet you would not . it capture the absolute essence of the cal character . something the other character he bulldoze over in the film seem to realize fairly quickly despite the director have stack the deck to manipulate sympathy for cal . that be a testament to the support cast talent and skill . cal eventual return have nothing to do with character development and transformation or evolution of consciousness . it have only to do with the ultimate capitulation that until something well come along and he may as well be back in his comfy cozy status quo of entitled enablement where the living be easy and no one will demand that he grow up something of which he be willfully incapable and uninterested in do . the film could have be point and intentional about show the trap and tragedies the devastating effect of this kind of lack of conscience or consciousness and but it excuse and glorifies it instead in fact and it wallow in self pity right along with the arrogant and selfish and emotionally stunt main character . ( and it sure send chill up my spine when thinking of the recent revelation about convict murderer scott peterson ) . if you want to see crudup at his most nuanced and full of an exciting potential that have never be truly realize in my opinion and see the underrated invent the abbotts .