I know it's been a while, but we're finally back on the Christy Experiment. This is one of two films she chose for June, her birthday month. Jerry (Ryan Reynolds) is trying his best to fit in at the bath fixtures factory. He sees his court-appointed psychiatrist (Jacki Weaver) at regular intervals and tries to embrace his crush on the office hottie, Fiona (Gemma Arterton). But after (mostly) accidentally killing Fiona with a hunting knife after she stands him up for a date, Jerry realizes that the only advice he can trust is from Bosco, and Mr. Whiskers, his dog and cat. As the body count starts to rise, however, Jerry starts to wonder if Mr. Whiskers might possibly be a psychopathic serial killer.
Normally, I am very opposed to films or shows that make light of mental illness. There's just enough of a sympathetic glimpse into this tortured soul to make it fall on the right side of the scale. Marjane Satrapi deftly mixes humor, surreality, and genuine pathos into this tale of a deeply disturbed man. She is helped in this endeavor by the chameleonic presence of Ryan Reynolds, and a top-notch supporting cast including Anna Kendrick, Ella Smith, and the aforementioned Weaver and Arterton.
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