Director Owen Kline offers an outlandish and fresh take on the standard coming-of-age tale in this clever and unpredictable portrait of a young artist who rejects the comforts of his suburban life.

When anti-hero and teenage cartoonist Robert (Daniel Zolghadri) rejects the comforts of his plush middle-class life and leaves home in a misguided quest for soul, he stumbles upon unwilling teacher and unwitting friend, Wallace (Matthew Maher), a former low-level comic artist.

Bitingly funny with fistfuls of awkward drama and some stellar cameos (enter the legendary Louise Lasser), Kline relishes pleasurable ‘grossness’, dwelling in comedic scenes that end well beyond their punchlines. His characters, like living caricatures, are cruel, impressive, and deeply unsettling. What’s not to love? This is dark comedy in its inkiest form.

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