Sympathy for Delicious (2010)

Sympathy for Delicious: Directed by Mark Ruffalo. With Christopher Thornton, Mark Ruffalo, Juliette Lewis, Laura Linney. A newly paralyzed DJ gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out the world of faith healing.

“I saw a screening of this movie at Sundance 2010. I was very impressed with Mark Ruffalou0026#39;s directorial debut. I told him afterward that it seemed effortless. He laughed and said it was anything but.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSometimes with first-time directors (though heu0026#39;s had some TV directing experience), there are jarring points that make you realize youu0026#39;re watching a debut. But there were no such moments for me with this movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eChristopher Thornton, who also wrote the script, was great. He explained after the screening that he developed this with Ruffalo after Thornton complained that there are no good roles for paraplegics.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThough I was told beforehand to expect a dark film, it really has more moments of levity, which Ruffalo said was intentional.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s a film worth seeing!”