Skills Like This

“Sloth is very unattractive,” says Tommy (a terrific Brian D. Phelan), and he should know. An infantile slacker and oblivious comic foil for his best friends, Max (Spencer Berger) and Dave (Gabriel Tigerman), Tommy is the glue that holds “Skills Like This” — and the friendship — together. Saving Tommy from himself is a full-time job. The story’s focus, however, is Max, a failed writer with hair [...] Vai alla recensione »

Seeming 10 years out of date, the indie comedy "Skills Like This" mixes navel-gazing slackerdom with amateur criminal high jinks to energetic if incoherent effect. Slouched in his regular burrito-joint booth mourning a failed new play, dispirited writer Max (Spencer Berger, credited with the screenplay) makes the rash decision to rob a nearby bank.