Austin Film Festival 2010

Wendell is a neurotic, selfish guy with no future. Vicky is a dirty, mean bartender who’s dating Wendell. Their relationship is based on a mutual lack of ambition and cleanliness, and the most refined thing they do together is go to art galleries (but only for the free food). When Joanna, a nice, stable social worker, invites Wendell to a meeting with one of her many activist groups, suddenly Wendell feels like he might be capable of doing something worthwhile after all. He starts to date Joanna, who brings him into her alien world where people actually care about things. Bowers is a sharp-witted writer, lending his unique point of view to the classic love triangle story.