Johnny is possibly too nice. He’s a good lucking baby-faced 25 year-old fledgling Sports Radio Host who has a very dominating shrew-like fiancé who is pushing him hard to give up his dreams and get a well-paid safe boring job so that they can have all the materialistic trappings she craves after they marry. The job is back in NY so he leaves LA to go to the Interview and whilst there his philandering handsome ladies-man Uncle Terry is determined that he has a weekend of fun in the Hamptons hoping that Johnny will see how wonderful like can really be like when you are young and single.
There are no surprises in this latest wee indie film from writer/director/actor Ed Burns who seems to be adept at these gentle urban romance drama-comedies so naturally Johnny meets Brooke a real free-spirit fun-loving girl who falls for him, and vice versa. Played by Mat Bush and Kerry Bishe, two fine young actors, who make a great pair and the chemistry between them covers some of the shortfalls of the week-ish script.
The movie did the Festival circuit last year even picking up an award for Mr Burns in Boston and then went straight to DVD. This casual off-beat small movie deserves a look and than you can see how much of a Nice Guy Johnny really is.
★★★★★★★
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