When his parents give him an ultimatum to either find a girl on his own to wed or get married to the piggish plus size woman living across the street, Jamie (Richard Di Gregorio) seeks out the help of a strange dating organization that teaches people how to flirt with the opposite sex. Through a series of increasingly hilarious misadventures and really, really bad attempts to put what he’s learned into practice, Jamie finds what he was looking for was already waiting beside him waiting to be noticed. Directors James Bedford and Alexander Jovy take a simple premise and spin it into comedy gold. They occasionally go for the cheap laugh, to be sure, but they also give their actors, particularly Di Gregorio, a chance to stretch out and build a character we can care about when all the madness slows down. The smooth blend of belly laughs and real heart is a real treat.
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