One year after catching his wife doing a fat guy at their twin daughters’ birthday party, a comic book artist/teacher (Jemaine Clement) vacillates between reuniting with his now-engaged ex (Stephanie Allynne) and dating the mother of one of his students (Regina Hall, far outclassing the pack). The kids are cute, as are the situations in this harmless, if not blandly uninspired Sundance crowd-pleaser. Acting even more subdued than usual, a deadpan Clement walks through the part in a constant state of passive-aggressive befuddlement, as if having been stung by a hammer each time director James C. Strouse (Grace is Gone) called “Action!” But there isn't much reason for sticking it out besides seeing what fate befalls our hapless hero: tensions fizzle, civility reigns supreme, and not much happens. If it’s an artistic approach to comic book artists that first caught your eye, time would be better spent in the company of two erstwhile comic strip illustrators: Fellini’s The White Sheik and Tashlin’s beaming Artists and Models. (2015) — Scott Marks
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