Not the laugh riot its title suggests, this gently humorous indie stars Kate Dollenmayer as a recent college grad who's drifting and stumbling into adulthood. Maybe it's all her partying with alumni buds. Or the fact that she's still crushing on friend Christian Rudder, who's just not that into her. Or because she was recently fired while asking for a raise. Bummer. What's a mopey, aimless chick to do? Dollenmayer dives into the temp pool and catches the eye of nervous doofus Andrew Bujalski (who wrote and directed this). The painfully earnest guy tries his clumsy best, but the spurned nerd can't win more than her friendship. Despite its student-film look and hesitant start, this low-budget flick definitely grows on you, as do its awkward characters and their, like, we don't know, stuttered but kinda endearing, um, slacker-speak. Ha Ha is an honest portrait of twentysomething dating--and one with lots of heart.
Review of Funny Ha Ha
