A Real Job

In the age of slacker comedies and underachiever heroes, here's an American indie that embraces movie trivia and the joy of so-called dead-end jobs without a trace of irony. Thirty-eight-year-old video-store clerk Paul Kolsby is the unlikely Prince Charming for young professional Sharon Repass, a welcome change for the self-involved yuppies she's been enduring. But when she's too embarrassed to introduce this minimum-wage slave to her friends, he upscales himself to the corporate world and becomes miserable in his newfound success. Yes, this shot-on-video production lacks polish, but the two leads are charismatic and likable and the script, for all its Clerks-lite asides, recalls the sweetness and snap of old-fashioned romantic comedy. For all the indistinct sets and underpopulated scenes of this starvation-budget production, this is the rare calling-card film that favors story and character over flash and contrivance. --Sean Axmaker

Movie Details

Cast: Paul Kolsby, Sharon Repass, Alan Natale, Pramod Mishrekar, Mark Irvingsen, Heather Hiltermann, Henry Maguire, Chris Casamassa, Cory Noji, Tania Gunadi, Victor Vallejo
Running time: 94 min
DVD Aspect Ratios: 1.66:1

DVD International release dates:
North America: Jun 4, 02