I can appreciate this film as I am big fan of Curb Your Enthusiasm. With that being said, this isn't a good film. The overarching plot is a good idea, but the execution is poor. The story lacks cohesion and has a bunch of pointless scenes that aren't funny and don't advance the narrative. What is cool to see is that a lot of these scenes have either ended up in Curb or have had clear influence on Curb episodes.
Aside from the two quarters bit, the other running jokes unfortunately didn't land with me. The "you're a doctor" line, and the missing balls bits just weren't funny to me. The Danny Pepper character was awful from his very first scene. I would have cut his part entirely and reworked the script. Richie was ok, but he is pretty much just Larry David. The problem with that is only Larry David can play Larry David.
Evan was forgettable. I do think he would do a great Patrick Bateman impression though.
I enjoyed LD's cameo and Phillip Baker Hall's scene. The line "What are you Spanish? Because you're sounding a little Spanish" was one of the rare moments I actually laughed.
I think it would be cool to see LD take another crack at this via a remake.
Aside from the two quarters bit, the other running jokes unfortunately didn't land with me. The "you're a doctor" line, and the missing balls bits just weren't funny to me. The Danny Pepper character was awful from his very first scene. I would have cut his part entirely and reworked the script. Richie was ok, but he is pretty much just Larry David. The problem with that is only Larry David can play Larry David.
Evan was forgettable. I do think he would do a great Patrick Bateman impression though.
I enjoyed LD's cameo and Phillip Baker Hall's scene. The line "What are you Spanish? Because you're sounding a little Spanish" was one of the rare moments I actually laughed.
I think it would be cool to see LD take another crack at this via a remake.