Film Review – Lousy Carter

Writer/director Bob Byington isn’t a filmmaker who’s chasing after grander creative challenges with each endeavor. He makes small, idiosyncratic pictures, spending extraordinarily little money while detailing the vastness of ego and neuroses. He previously helmed “7 Chinese Brothers” and “Infinity Baby,” and now Byington returns with “Lousy Carter,” which, as expected, doesn’t go beyond his creative interests or his budgetary limitations. However, it is a funny examination of curdled people, offering lead David Krumholtz an opportunity to chew on a dimensional character as he manages the effort’s love of deadpan humor and strange personalities. “Lousy Carter” is dry stuff, but there are laughs to be had while Byington details the journey of a depressed man and his adventure into the finality of his existence, and all the oddity and temptation he pursues. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com