I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2006)

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Absolutely brilliant

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

The musical theme is a sprightly French tune led by an accordion that might develop a psychological set in the viewer, something like: "Oh, good, a Jaques Tati kind of movie!" Mais pas de tout.Jeff Garlin is a good natured enough Chicagoan and a little clumsy but there is no slapstick worth mentioning, he minds his own business, his innocence doesn't get him into trouble, he speaks loudly and emphatically, he's ambitious rather than feckless, and he's burly instead of tall and skinny. But he shares with M. Hulot a polite regard for the welfare of others.The problem with Jeff Garlin, a cast member of Chicago's Second City, is that he's not particularly handsome and he's overweight. By the way, I don't know if it's intentional or not, but the Second City sketch we see, something about Garlin's being a hillbilly who likes corn, is anything but funny. At any rate, his weight and his features, which are about as interesting as a hard-boiled egg, don't get him very far with the girls. Invited to speak about himself and his job before a class of kindergartners, he announces loudly, "My problem is that I need to get laid." The little kids sit there dumbly while their teacher's jaw drops. It's one of many cute scenes. Then there is his mother, hanging over him, predicting his every move and divining his every thought.Then he bumps into Sarah Silverman and begins to get resonant vibes. She's an interesting actress. She does well by a rather complex role. She's attractive too, with her vulpine face and her eyes set so close to each other across the bridge of her nose. And she's surprisingly well built. She's trying on underwear in a department store and Garlin is doing his best to sneak sidewise glimpses of her behind the curtain. A sales lady comes to him and asks him to take another pair of bra and panties to "your girlfriend." This struck a personal chord because I was once asked to do a similar favor for a beautiful girl I hardly knew. (I gulped and complied.) I don't know if I should reveal why an attractive young woman like Sarah Silverman should be interested in a nice but plump guy like Jeff Garlin. I guess I won't. It's enough that, the next day, Garlin goes around with a big smile and tells everyone, his mother included, that, "Last night I had sex for the first time in five years." It really IS something like "Marty" without the drama. There are constant references to "Marty" throughout the film. Garlin tries out for the part in a local play, arguing, "I AM Marty!" But Marty was genuinely in love with the frangible Betsy Blair, while Jeff Garlin, though he likes Silverman, seems mainly interested in sleeping with her. And Garlin, smiling and puzzled as he often is, never experiences a moment of despair -- which is okay with me, as far as that goes.It's a pleasant enough way to spend an hour and a half and it has its moments of quirky charm, much of them coming from Garlin's oddball friends, like a hot dog vendor dressed as a pirate.

How i deserved to watch this crap??? Worst ever. The acting was awful, when i read that this was a comedy i expected at least to smile, once - or twice, but.... If you are wiling to loose hour and a half of your lives, this is the right movie. I recommend just look in a wall or something, anything else but watch this "film". Yoy can even watch a documentary (if you are a guy) about pregnant women, i guarantee it will be more entertaining :)The actor in this one (i forgot his name) is not that bad, and i am surprised how hi accepted the role. Anyway "I want someone to eat cheese with" is the right film if you want to punish someone.

This film is about a struggling actor trying to find satisfaction in life, especially love which he has not had a taste of for 5 years.It basically is a film featuring a man with very poor social skills, and he says wrong things all the time. The plot is hollow and contrived. The main character, James, is lonely, but this theme of loneliness is not adequately explored. It is more like an empty statement which other subplots stem from. Sadness and disappointment after being dumped are superficial. There is a serious lack of emotions in the film.It is not funny as a comedy either. There are some funny one liners but that is it. It lacks the happy and uplifting atmosphere to infect people with happy mood. I don't find "I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With" funny.

Garlin is unquestionably a comedian's comedian and a comedian to anyone looking for a good time. His first film, which is entirely his own creation and production, tells the story of a struggling Chicago actor James Aaron with whom Jeff obviously identifies. He wonderfully juxtaposes James to Paddy Chayefsky's "Marty" and to Jackie Gleason's Poor Soul as he exposes James' dilemmas with an array of actors that in real life are Jeff's friends, many who are fellow Second City alumni.He delightfully uses Sarah Silverman's diametrical cuteness and scathingly absurd humor to exemplify how despite common sense and talent, life's contentment can too often belie unyielding frustration. Bonnie Hunt gives an endearing performance as a romantic interest.Don't let a simple story mislead you, the characters and conflicts are well thought out and ring true. Those that follow Garlin's career and understand that his humor is based on telling reality humorously, not necessarily creating fiction which too easily can be contrived, will appreciate his dialogue driven story.We surely will see Garlin working much more as director and writer with other talented intelligent comedic actors who undertake the great challenge of making life funny.