Review by Anand "Andy" Ramachandran

Sonny (Ryan Carnes) dreams of entrepreneurial success. Instead he wakes up to a blaring alarm, a high-maintenance girlfriend you want to punch in the face, an obese dog and an annoying neighbor. Welcome to the life of a man who's tired of working for and living with schmucks but doesn't know it yet.

The theme of exploring corporate burnouts pursuing their personal and entrepreneurial ambitions is an interesting theme that deserves more exploration. At some point we've all questioned whether we can do it better under our own shingle than under the corporate roof.

But choppy editing combines subplots and supporting characters that do not service the master plot or propel the main characters toward any kind of playable action. The viewer is asked to traverse huge and consecutive story gaps with repeated leaps of faith. Insult cameos featuring Morgan Fairchild (Chandler's Mom from Friends) and Tony Sirico (The Sopranos) are equally unfulfilling.

This movie should be Office Space meets Wall Street with an Austin Indy South-by-Southwest spice. Instead, it's a choppy and predictable 85 minute mess. This is a shame because the premise drew me in, the trailer was slick without giving too much away and I really wanted to like this movie.

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