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25-year-old Max Solomon would like to be a
writer, but has to admit he’s just not going
to make it with his pen when his play, “The
Onion Dance,” meets with a catastrophic
reaction in its opening performance. His
best buddies are Dave, who brownnoses his
way to a monumentally boring mid-level sales
job with no future, and Tommy, a slacker
best suited for hanging out in a coffee shop
and being funny. With career options like
these in front of him, Max commits an
impulse bank robbery—of an absolutely
unique, but effective, sort. Holding a gun
on his own head, he relieves interested
teller Lucy of the cash in her register and
rejoins his disbelieving but admiring
friends. In the next three days, more
unusual robberies happen and a compelling
romance blooms between Max and Lucy while
Dave and Tommy have their lives equally
changed and Max has to question his newfound
success. SKILLS LIKE THIS is a hilarious,
original and freewheeling comedy with a real
heart, winner of a well-deserved Audience
Award at the South by Southwest Film
Festival. |
