I want Someone to eat Cheese With April 29, 2006

Curb Your Enthusiam's Jeff Garlin wrote, directed, and stars in this poignant romantic comedy about an overweight, underappreciated Chicago actor in search of a soul mate; or, as one woman (Sarah Silverman) so eloquently puts it before dumping him, "someone to eat cheese with." James (Garlin) is an underemployed 39-year-old improvisational comedian who lives with his mother in an apartment where Jackie Gleason's Poor Soul always seems to be on television. Ever since his bar mitzvah, he has wanted only three things: someone to love him, a great part, and to lose weight. Unfortunately, he is 0 for 3. His girlfriend dumps him, he loses the title role in a remake of Paddy Chayefsky's Marty to teen idol Aaron Carter, and he sneaks out of an obsessive-overeaters meeting only to wind up at an ice cream parlor. There, the woman behind the counter tantalizes him with a free banana split before sleeping with him and finally breaking his heart by telling him that she doesn't date fat guys. Even though he is continually undergoing traumas of this sort, James doesn't get angry, he just eats. He loads up on fattening snacks from the convenience store run by Dick (Dan Castelleneta), and then he scarfs them down while reclining on top of his car. Still, James keeps plodding along in his amiable way, refusing to surrender. Even the angst is low-key in this highly personal, immensely likable film buoyed by strong supporting performances from Amy Sedaris, Bonnie Hunt, and other alumni from Chicago's famed Second City improv troupe.
- David Bushman

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