A loosely connected film that delicately weaves together the different aspects of delightfully peculiar lives.

Richard (John Hawkes) is a shoe salesman who just broke up with his wife. He has two sons,14 year old Peter (Miles Thompson) and six year old Robby (Brandon Ratcliff). Peter spends a lot of time with his computer, surfing the Internet and Robby is also good in navigating the web.

Christine (Miranda July) is an aspiring artist and a cab driver, whose hope is to have her work shown in the Museum of Contemporary Art's display. She is attracted to Richard who sells her a pair of new shoes.

Richard has been struggling through his divorce and has to spend a lot of time with his sons, so pursuing another romance takes a toll on him. To make things worse, his eldest son Peter finds himself tangled with two female classmates who compete with each other to find which one of them gives Peter a better blow job. 

Meanwhile young Robby get into a flirtatious conversation with a mysterious woman on the Internet and promises to seduce her in a way that nobody else can. To add more juice to the situation, one of
Richard's co-workers (Brad Henke) gets involved with two under aged girls and ends up having sex with them. The movie goes through the lives of all these souls and tries to connect them, one way or the other.

Director, writer, star July in her film debut, deals with a subject of loneliness and loveless ness. She makes an extra effort to connect each and every character in whichever way she can. She successfully draws powerful performances from the entire cast.

The film is very well cast. The performances given by the young and the old, are great. Minor characters have done a wonderful job in portraying the anxiety about sexuality and the willingness to experiment with the forbidden things.

The film deals with various modern day issues. The director has the courage to be explicit about adolescent sex, teenage sex as well as Internet flirtation and the after effects. Even though these are controversial issues, it is still a feel good movie. Beautifully directed and well edited, the film is worth seeing.

we rate this movie ABOVE AVERAGE.