The two main characters (Jenna Fischer and Chris Messina), who are sincere and sincerely written, make up for slightly exaggerated supporting ones in this gentle comedy-drama. He’s the mechanical man — a street performer wearing stilts and blue make-up — and she’s a temp worker when the story begins, but things aren’t going well. (The location is an unnamed city, but this was shot in Detroit.) The title also refers to the way people act falsely to fit in, something neither of them is good at. The supporting characters — her sister and, especially, the self-help guru who wants to date her, seem too much like props for her to react against, but the writer-director, Lee Kirk, doesn’t overdo the inevitable climaxes, one confrontational and one sweetly romantic.
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viewed via Amazon Prime and posted 1/3/15
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