AMERICAN INDEPENDENT COMPETITION - NARRATIVE FEATURES

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USA, 2004, 112 MIN
DIRECTED BY DAVID BEAIRD
EAST COAST PREMIERE
Max Bright (Patrick Warburton, Seinfeld’s Puddy) is bitter and belligerent, has a mouth like a toilet, and is so filled with rage toward women that the sensitive viewer might want to pin a warning label on him. Max even decides he needs a servile Asian bride, for whom he pays a marriage broker $100,000. But Mai Ling (Marie Matiko) proves beyond price, though not for any of the reasons Max originally imagined. He wanted a blend of maid and prostitute; he gets a Buddhist nun who has selflessly taken her sister’s place. Warburton’s performance astounds, and strong supporting work from the likes of Eric Roberts, Carol Kane, Simon Callow, John Glover, Jennifer Tilly, and Nora Dunn help writer/director David Beaird create a bold and spiritual “Beauty and the Beast” that examines how we court heaven or hell on Earth everyday.