A Little Help 2010 Movie Review

Michael J. Weithorn writes and directs his first feature film "A Little Help" which made its world premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival and is coming to DVD\Bluray on October 25th, 2011. Weithorn has written, directed, and produced, countless television series from "The King of Queens" to an episode of  "Cheers." "A Little Help" follows Laura, played by Jenna Fischer (The Office and Hall Pass), who has recently lost her cheating husband and is dealing with being a single parent to her son.

"A Little Help" tries so hard to combine drama and edgy subject matter in a comedic way. The tone and dialogue of the film were extremely similar to the Bobcat Goldthwait scripted and directed "World's Greatest Dad." These edgy scenarios don't feel interesting or all that edgy, especially when compared to "World's Greatest Dad."

I truly wanted to enjoy this film, mainly because I want Pam, from "The Office," to succeed in her film career. Her acting in the film was good enough but an actress can only recite the dialogue that she is given. The same can be said for the rest of the cast. The story as a whole might have been salvageable if its dialogue had felt either more real or more over the top, but it ends up living in a  bland dialogue purgatory forced to live out the rest of its days in unsatisfying mediocrity.

My review is probably being harder and more negative on the film then it deserves. Nothing about this film is terrible. Nothing about this film is a disaster either. I just find it frustrating to see unused potential and this film is exactly that.

Rating: 5.7