'Dean' is about a man dealing with (or not dealing with) the emotional consequences of the death of his mother.
There were a lot of funny and poignant moments, but a lot of the time it felt glib to me. There were good visual humor jokes. The character is a cartoonist, so there were a lot of his excellent cartoons (which were actually done by Demetri Martin, who played Dean as well as writing and directing the film. The cartoons express what's going on in his psyche, and were my favorite part of the movie.
There were also a LOT of parallels with Zach Braff's "Garden State", which I liked better. Death of mother; father trying to cope and trying ineptly to connect with his son; romance; visual jokes; flights to L.A.; even a reference to dog's sniffing your crotch.
There were a lot of funny and poignant moments, but a lot of the time it felt glib to me. There were good visual humor jokes. The character is a cartoonist, so there were a lot of his excellent cartoons (which were actually done by Demetri Martin, who played Dean as well as writing and directing the film. The cartoons express what's going on in his psyche, and were my favorite part of the movie.
There were also a LOT of parallels with Zach Braff's "Garden State", which I liked better. Death of mother; father trying to cope and trying ineptly to connect with his son; romance; visual jokes; flights to L.A.; even a reference to dog's sniffing your crotch.