Synopsis
Leslie is left with few options when her husband is sent back to war in the Middle East. A modest amount of help arrives in the form of his brother, Salman, who is less than prepared to care for the couple's two preadolescent boys. When Leslie still can't make ends meet on her own, Salman is forced to find employment, but, with minimal qualifications, his only option is to become a mascot for a digital company by donning a bulbous blue costume.
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Cast
- Lisa KudrowLeslie
- Christine TaylorBetty
- Scott PrendergastSalman
- Conchata FerrellKathleen
- Jeffrey Dean MorganBrad
- Angela SarafyanRamona
- Chris ParnellFrank
- Teri GarrSuze
- Patricia BuckleyElizabeth P.
- Katherine WillisVeronica
Recommendations
- 80
The New York Times
The film's distance from factual reality oddly enhances its bleak underlying vision. It portrays a demoralized American work force fearfully going through the motions of life while waiting without much hope for things to get better. - 75
The A.V. Club
While the film's social-satire elements are flat and overly familiar, its dry absurdity is unmistakably Lynchian. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
Groundlings alumnus Prendergast's dark comedy, drawn from on his own family experiences, is firmly rooted in messy, selfish, often-unappealing human behavior rather than self-referential irony and juvenile goofiness. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Eventually comes into its own as a wacky commentary on the state of America in the fifth year of the Iraq war. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
The film is an ambitious mix of slapstick, black comedy and stinging social commentary. - 70
Village Voice
Catches the nation's mood of economic anxiety and workplace exploitation more pungently than anything else in theaters. - 63
New York Post
Strange and quirky. - 50
Variety
Kabluey is short on the cutes and ca-ca jokes. But it's also short on substance, despite a watchable supporting cast and an amiable overall tenor.
