(rated R, 105 mins)
Alex (Michael Parducci), is an Italian stallion restaurant manager by day and a screenwriting student by night. A really bad one, unless you ask the wallflower with thick glasses named Gwen (Judy Prescott) who adores his writing. But Gwen lacks the wrong cup size to get Alex’s attention. Finally Alex has the chance to get his “big break” when a friend of a friend who knows Jagger Stevens (Hoyt Richards) a Brad Pitt type. Enter Elliot (Peter Jacobson), a whining, little Jew. If Ben Stiller and Woody Allen birthed a child he would be it. Elliot and Alex collaborate because Alex employs the hot waiter Joey (Dawson’s Creek’s Kerr Smith) that gay Elliot hungers for. It’s disaster in the making for the most unlikely writing team. Alex says to Elliot, “Helpless is not a word in my vocabulary” and Elliot says “I’m sure there are a lot of words not in your vocabulary. Some loose ends, some unnecessary Act three scenes, about 15 minutes too long, but overall worth the price of admission and very entertaining.