Pun Salad

A neat little noir movie. We have a fallible protagonist in Chris Pratt, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, once a high school golden boy whose driving misadventures have left him brain-damaged, with a truckload of guilt. He needs to leave notes for himself so that he (for example) doesn't forget to turn off his alarm in the morning. He struggles with some physical tasks, and speaks inappropriately at times. And he's very aware of how much he's lost, so he's bitter and resentful, and there's nobody to blame but himself. So he's a good candidate for getting roped into a bank heist masterminded by a smooth-talking sociopath, played by Matthew Goode.

In addition to a decent plot, the movie has a wealth of three-dimensional supporting players. Jeff Daniels plays Chris's blind roommate as a blunt-speaking ex-druggie. Isla Fisher is a hooker (name: Luvlee Lemons) with a heart of—well, not gold, but not brass either; she's the sociopath's bait to lure Chris in. And D-Day himself, Bruce McGill, plays Chris's father; he doesn't know how to deal with Chris's situation, but you can see he wants to try.

Anyway, the heist happens, plots get twisted, and it's certainly worth a look.