7 Chinese Brothers (2015)
Storyline
Larry is an unqualified, unemployable, inebriated prankster who rides a tide of booze onto the glorious shores of an undiscriminating Quick-Lube. Taking a part-time job vacuuming and washing windshields, Larry finds himself mixed up with hostile co-workers and unsatisfied customers, while also finding himself smitten with his lovely boss, Lupe Torrez. Will Larry keep it together long enough to win the girl, provide for man's best friend (his dog Arrow), and do his grandmother proud?
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Cast
Jason Schwartzman, Stephen Root, John Gatins, Gary Teague, Jonathan Togo, Josh Meyer, Olympia Dukakis, Alex Karpovsky, Alex Ross Perry, Nick W. Nicholson, Jimmy Gonzales, Eleanore Pienta, Chris Doubek, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Jennifer Prediger, Grover Coulson, Tunde Adebimpe, Bob Byington, Michael Tully, Carolee Crawford, Ben Kweller, Catherine Lawrence Kinslow
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Reviews
75
Feels like an homage to the early work of Wes Anderson with its plinky soundtrack, solipsistic banter and emphasis on uniforms.
70
Byington's two-chuckle-a-minute script is mostly interested in Larry's constant, evasive patter, which continues whether the target of his words appears to care what he's saying or not.
70
Drifting and sweet, 7 Chinese Brothers (like Mr. Byington’s gentle 2009 love story, “Harmony and Me”) leaves a melancholy but hopeful aftertaste.
67
While it conjures up a winning swirl of themes, lines and images as it unfurls, one suspects that Schwartzman’s considerable talents are compensating for some core deficiencies.
63
Jason Schwartzman may be a little old for the part, but there’s something of a “voice of his generation” spin to his role in 7 Chinese Brothers.
