In comes the beautiful Aniston, an art buyer/seller. She's just passing through Zahn's little city in Arizon, and the real fun begins. Zahn goes on a nationwide chase around the country to be with Aniston. We don't focus on plot here at AtD, that's on you to watch the movie; here we'll discuss opinions.
Steve Zahn is one of my favorite comedic actors. He really is an under-appreciated actor in Hollywood. Check out Saving Silverman by the way. In Management, he has a fine line to walk. He has to appear in love, infatuated, in lust, sincere, without looking like a creepy stalker. The writer/director, Stephen Belber has a lot to do with this. The way he wrote the character was brilliant. We want him to win, we want him to get the girl!
The girl is of course Aniston and she is a lost soul, but on a different level than Zahn's character. She is successful, she is beautiful, but she feels insufficient to anyone in her life. She doesn't know her self-worth. She always puts others ahead of her own happiness. She actually spends her nights with homeless men. And through the course of the movie, you see major changes to both characters.
Also in the movie is Woody Harrelson, who is great. He plays an ex-punk rocker/ yogurt store entrepreneur. Aniston doesn't want to be with Zahn and decides to get married to Harrelson instead. Another supporting actor worth mentioning is James Hiroyuki Liao, he plays Zahns best friend in the movie and is great!
The movie is very good, but it could have been great. The actors are enough to carry the movie through its negatives, but they are still there. Zahn walks the line between lovable loser and creepy stalker. By the end of the film, he is a strong, confident, independent man who no longer needs his parents to take care of him. I liked the movie very much. I would not recommend anyone buying this, it is definitely not a classic of any kind, but it is worth renting. See it, and tell us what you thought. After all, this is a great place to Agree to Disagree.
