Dealin’ with Idiots works as a film
because of how much of the material was obviously taken from personal
experience. Some people are so strange in their behavior and attitudes that
meeting them leaves any sane person in disbelief. This film is filled with
characters inspire by these real-life lunatics we all encounter on a daily
basis, like it or not.
Jeff Garlin
directs this highly improvised comedy about the dysfunctional personality types
infecting a children’s little league team. Hilariously enough, the children are
hardly more than props in the film’s storyline. This is much more about the
over-enthusiastic adults living vicariously through their child’s success on
the baseball field. Nearly everyone takes the game far too seriously,
counterbalanced by the laid-back comedian protagonist played by Garlin himself.
Garlin seems to
have learned a great deal from his time on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” because
Dealin’ with Idiots has Larry David’s style of uncomfortable humor which is
completely dependent upon the nuances of social norms and how they are
blatantly ignored by some. Each of the ensemble actors bring their own unique
style to their improvised character dialogue, and all are unbelievably absurd
personality types which somehow still manage to come off as convincing. Bob
Odenkirk is particularly memorable as the team coach, who works a job as a copy
store manager as his day job. Fred Willard is also predictably good, though he
simply seems to rehash a variation on his many roles in Christopher Guest
films. The film also co-stars Gina Gershon, Timothy Olyphant, Nia Vardalos and
Jami Gertz.
The DVD special
features only include a trailer.
Entertainment Value:
8/10
Quality of
Filmmaking: 5/10
Historical
Significance: 4/10
Disc Features: 1/10
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