In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy won’t be as easy as he thought.
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Peter Dinklage
Phil Loder
Shirley MacLaine
Astrid Fanelli
Kimberly Quinn
Maggie Pennington
Danny Pudi
Craig
Matt Dillon
Dell
Danny Glover
Jerry
Michelle Mylett
Clare Milano
Peter Kelamis
Officer Burt
Rebecca Olson
Beatrice/Babette
Garry Chalk
Nicolai
Director
Paul Dektor
Screenplay
Theodore Melfi
Tagline
"Hope isn't for everyone."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
Dektor Film Group, Estuary Films, Goldenlight Films
Brent Marchant
April 27, 2024
Is “the American Dream” still alive and well, or is it a pipe dream whose time has come and gone (and perhaps never really was)? That’s the question rhetorically posed in this modestly entertaining fact-based debut feature comedy from director Paul Dektor, which examines the efforts of an optimistic yet cynical economics professor/would-be novelist (Peter Dinklage) with meager means who repeatedly...
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