Girlfriend's Day
Chosen by me scanning through netflix for something I haven't seen and Bob Odenkirk is amazing.
At a scant few minutes over an hour long this barely qualifies as a film but it also doesn't allow for it's central joke to become too laboured.
It feels a little like a Mr. Show with Bob and David sketch idea stretched out, with most things more obviously representing a joke excised - the central gag being it takes this version of the world seriously. A world where greeting card writers are more akin to stand-up comedians, with the hangers on and a-list and c-list stars.
Each scene explores a different facet of this peculiar set-up wrapped up in a neo-noir and nihilistic plot (the one murder is almost entirely pointless) all hanging on Odenkirk's terrific performance.
Many interesting faces pop up for a scene or two to never come back again, some, like Natasha Lyonne and Stacey Keach more obviously a pastiche of film noir tropes, others like Andy Richter or Ed Begley Jnr. just adding flavour to a funny but melancholy tale.
