Matt Ross, Callie Thorne, Kevin Carroll,
Cathy Curtin, Michael Huston
One of the funniest movies you never heard of, Ed's Next Move went from
winning praises on the festival circuit to a blink-and-you-missed-it screening at
the Dobie and other art houses last year. Now, this low-budget gem hits video, and
it's truly worth discovering. A classic fish out of water story, the film traces
a few weeks in the life of urban greenhorn Eddie (Ross), whose titular move is from
the wide-open, cheesy state of Wisconsin to the dog-eat-dog world of Manhattan. He
lives in a cheap motel while he tries to find a non-psychotic roommate, can't get
a simple hamburger at a restaurant, and finds his Midwestern sensibilities out of
place in the big city. Toss in a love story with brassy hipster Lee (Thorne), and
Walsh proves that you can make a romantic comedy without Julia Roberts or
Meg Ryan. But what really makes Ed's Next Move a stand-out is Walsh's hilarious
knack for writing comedy, plus a down-to-earth realism that makes you realize that
his characters could be any of us.
--Christopher Null
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