Alison Maclean, who made her directorial debut with the critically-acclaimed drama Crush, returns to the big screen after an eight-year absence with this adaptation of a collection of short stories from Denis Johnson.
While their relationship is the film's core, writers Cuthrell, Urrutia and Moverman also briefly introduce other characters from poet/author Johnson's short story collection, who pop up for a short time before disappearing from the screen. These scenes are somewhat disjointed, which can be a bit disconcerting if you're expecting a logically flowing plot, but they provide the film with a much-needed injection of humour.
Most notable is the superb Jack Black (High Fidelity), as a stoned hospital orderly who takes Fuck Head on a bizarre nocturnal trip, Denis Leary as a drunk who gets Fuck Head to help him rip out the copper wiring of a house so they can sell it for booze money, and Dennis Hopper as a patient with a round scar on his cheek, from when one of his wives shot him in the face.