Wonderful character development!

Great visuals, story delivers no surprises

Better Late Then Never

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Jennifer (Mary Loveless) and Jill (Bethany Orr) are the odd couple. Jennifer is a model and Jill is 130 pound bulimic. Jill's mother suffers from substance abuse and Jill is clearly not wrapped too tight. Jennifer has gotten out of an abusive relationship and mistreats Jill. Jennifer pushes Jill until we reach the picture on the DVD cover.We get a lot of close ups of the girls eating and smacking their lips, talking while eating, and spitting out their food. They rented the apartment with the chains in the wall, something that must be an option in LA.I imagine this is supposed to me a story of two abused people who come to live together and make matters worse. I got bored watching them eat scene after scene after scene. More drama than thriller. It was like watching "Knock Knock" without the guy plus food.Guide: F-word, sex, nudity (Bethany Orr, Mary Loveless)

This intimate look at the burgeoning relationship between two formerly platonic female friends is as much a warm love letter to the city of Los Angeles, seen through the lens of its delightful culinary traditions, as it is a tale is of finding love right where you least expect it — at home, in the kitchen... and the bedroom. From the opening, where roommate Jennifer awkwardly tries to compliment friend and roommate Jill ("You're not fat"), to the soulful kiss they openly share at the end, the evolution of these two reluctant partners' relationship as they fall inexorably into each others' arms is a heartwarming tale you'll remember at least though dinner.Director Patrick Kineally, who has at least seen a music video, prods the story along like a pirate with a cutlass prodding you off the plank with amusing cut scenes featuring off-the- wall tertiary characters, like the nosy across-the-hall neighbor with her nonstop cavalcade of charmingly inappropriate, overdone gifts, or the handsome boyfriend with an apparent heart of gold who lives only to spread love as far and wide as he can.The ultimate affect is a dizzying series of vignettes showcasing the growing connection of these two women, a tour-de-farce grounded in the the ingenious device of one's love of cooking without eating and the other's of eating without cooking, as it spins towards a glorious, triumphal act of love and conciliation as warm, beautiful, and crazy as the City of Angels itself.Tear open a bag of Doritos and watch it with someone you love.

I have mixed feelings about this film.The acting is good and the basis of the story is good. But the execution of bringing them together with technical aspects of film making lets it down and they just don't work together nicely in a smoothly coherent way.There are lingering scenes which linger for no reason. They go on too long after the point has been made and don't really flow into the next scene too well. I found at times there were some scene cuts that could have done with a little more visual explanation to flow - rather than abruptly jump from one concept to another.This could have been a very good film if a bit more care had been taken in telling the story. I am sure it made sense in the crew's mind but they didn't relay it to the audience.The acting was good - especially the two lead females.Such a shame.

I can immediately tell that this flick isn't for everybody because there's a bit of vomiting here and there and it moves slowly from a normal flick into a psychological flick towards a bit of horror towards the end. It's all about being fat or being skinny. The fat one not being popular and is always eating things, fast food and unhealthy food. The skinny one is popular and can eat what she wants and is having sex all the time. Living together of course the fat one can't take it anymore and wants to become the skinny popular girl. Or is there more to watch. I can understand that it's all the same girl having problems with eating. Which one you are watching is up to you and will be revealed towards the end.What some will have problems with is the use of a lot of slo-mo shots. And they always include eating going into the mouth or being spit out or vomiting. The horror towards the end does deliver here and there but for many I can tell it will all be too late because the first half of this flick it's about the characterisation. Not for everybody or every body...Gore 0/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2,5/5 Comedy 0/5