Girlfriend's Day (2017)

Girlfriend’s Day: Directed by Michael Paul Stephenson. With Bob Odenkirk, Amber Tamblyn, Stacy Keach, Alex Karpovsky. A now down-on-his-luck romance card writer, Ray Wentworth, decides to recapture the feelings that once made him the greatest with the creation of a new holiday: Girlfriend’s Day.

“Not for everyone admittedly, but rejecting it simply for the reason it is something off-beat and irregular is just a mistake.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis 70 minutes long satiric comedy sketch gives one an askew glimpse into the greeting-card and holiday industry.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSimple yet complex. Movie lovers will find little echoes of some films and TV-shows mixed in this bit. Most palpable influences I dare say were Enemy(Villeneuve), Punch-drunk Love, Dr. Strangelove, and for some oddly surprising reason some parts of Mulholland Dr.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI found it to be filled with heart, brains and subtlety.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNothing serious, just a well written, very well acted and directed elongated sketch. Some will be bored to tears, some others (like me) will be enjoying this one with an idiotic smile on their faces. Watch and see for your self.”