Synopsis
In the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and the greatest opportunity of his life. He is suddenly faced with the possibility of fame, fortune and popularity, if he can only live with the knowledge of how he got there.
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Cast
- Robin WilliamsLance Clayton
- Alexie GilmoreClaire Reed
- Daryl SabaraKyle Clayton
- Evan MartinAndrew Troutman
- Geoff PiersonPrincipal Wyatt Anderson
- Henry SimmonsMike Lane
- Mitzi McCallBonnie McBon
- Jermaine WilliamsJason
- Lorraine NicholsonHeather Johnson
- Morgan MurphyMorgan
Recommendations
- 90
Film Threat
A very funny comedy. It’s a very funny comedy that almost made me cry. - 83
The A.V. Club
With Dad and his last writer-director effort, "Sleeping Dogs Lie," Goldthwait has accomplished the formidable feat of making wry, tender, fundamentally sweet comedies about the human condition that just happen to center on acts of autoerotic asphyxiation and bestiality, respectively. That isn't easy. - 80
Village Voice
The particular stew of midlife and pubescent despair that clogs a single-father male-child household has rarely been achieved so well. - 80
The New York Times
With a merciless acuity this nihilistic comedy ridicules collective grief and the news media's cynical marketing of inspirational uplift after a death. - 70
Variety
The picture wobbles a bit before emerging a successful low-key satire of literary fraud and morbid personality cults. - 67
Christian Science Monitor
At around the halfway point the film takes an intriguing swerve, as Kyle is canonized and Lance is unexpectedly launched into celebrityhood. Flashes of deadpan outrageousness occasionally redeem the dourness. - 63
New York Post
A tad too long, and takes its sweet time to get to the point. But its twisted heart is in the right place. - 60
Time Out
Though wildly uneven, the film sometimes comes within screaming distance of the sick ironies of "Heathers." That's how loudly Goldthwait still knows how to yell.
