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I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With

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I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2007)

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Reviews Counted:48

Fresh:35

Rotten:13

Average Rating:6.5/10

Consensus: This quirky romantic comedy's realistic depiction of a lonely guy looking for love is sure to please fans of Curb Your Enthusiasm's Jeff Garlin.

Runtime: 80 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM star Jeff Garlin brings a pet project to the screen (Garlin is credited as director, star, screenwriter, and producer) with the fluffy romantic comedy I WANT SOMEONE TO EAT... CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM star Jeff Garlin brings a pet project to the screen (Garlin is credited as director, star, screenwriter, and producer) with the fluffy romantic comedy I WANT SOMEONE TO EAT CHEESE WITH. The film is based on the exploits of an overweight, aging actor named James Aaron (Garlin). James lives at home with his mom, has been overly picky about which roles he'll play (and therefore never gets any work beyond an awful job hosting a prank-related TV show), and has no luck with women. He also has a strange obsession with Ernest Borgnine's character in the 1955 Delbert Mann feature MARTY. But an aborted attempt at attending Overeaters Anonymous meetings leads the rotund actor to one of his favorite places, the ice cream parlor, where he enjoys a surprising flirtation with the cute-but-somewhat-unhinged Beth (Sarah Silverman). Garlin's brief, 80-minute long feature is strung along by a loose plot that is really just a CURB-style basis for the talented comic to deliver a series of jokes with his comedian friends. Supporting roles come from luminaries such as Amy Sedaris, Dan Castellaneta, Bonnie Hunt, and Gina Gershon among others, and while the humor sometimes delves into deliciously crude wisecracks, a genuine feeling of empathy for James simmers to the surface as the film reaches its final act. [More]

Starring: Jeff Garlin, Bonnie Hunt, Sarah Silverman, David Pasquesi

Starring: Jeff Garlin, Bonnie Hunt, Sarah Silverman, David Pasquesi, Mina Kolb, Amy Sedaris, Roger Bart, Rose Abdoo, Elle Fanning, Tim Kazurinsky, Richard Kind, Paul Mazursky, Dan Castellaneta, Gina Gershon

Director: Jeff Garlin

Director: Jeff Garlin
Producer: Jeff Garlin, Erin O'Malley, Steve Pink
Studio: IFC Films

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Though the title could use some trimming too, the movie pulls off that delicate balancing act between creating a sympathetic big guy with a huge eating disorder, while keeping the fat jokes tastefully funny.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
04/07/08
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze

The more James groans to an unsympathetic ear, "Why would they remake Marty--it's timeless?" we wonder why Garlin didn't take his own advice

Full Review Source: I.E. Weekly | comment Comment
02/22/08
Amy Nicholson
Amy Nicholson
I.E. Weekly

You have to like James and his outlook on life. It may not be glamorous, but it's one that eventually allows James a higher lever of satisfaction.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
12/07/07
Marta Barber
Marta Barber
Miami Herald

Offbeat indie romantic comedy for teens and up.

Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
10/22/07
S. Jhoanna Robledo
S. Jhoanna Robledo
Common Sense Media

It’s a nice little movie.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
10/22/07
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper

Cheese is such a small, endearing and well-observed piece -- sort of Curb Your Enthusiasm without the excruciating bits.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
10/12/07
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press

Despite Garlin’s chops and cameos from a who’s who of Second City alumni, the film can’t find a consistent comic groove.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
10/06/07
David Fear
David Fear
Time Out New York

Garlin wrote, directed, and stars in this endearing schlub-in-Chicago movie, which is based on his solo stage show of the same title.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
10/06/07
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Garlin's directing has little pacing, and many of the borderline gags could have been salvaged with some sharper editing. And there's a shocking amount of jokes and situations that just don't work.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
10/05/07
G. Allen Johnson
G. Allen Johnson
San Francisco Chronicle

Some of James' adventures go nowhere, but his encounters with females ... are loaded with humor and warmth.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
10/05/07
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

It celebrates its modesty, it becomes our friend, we're surprisingly touched by it even though it doesn't rock us. If there is such a thing as a must-see three-star movie, here it is.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
10/05/07
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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The cameos and local details, and even some of the gags, keep it perky.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
10/05/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader

..about as small as movies get, yet often, unexpectedly, as moving.

Full Review Source: Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) | comment Comment
10/05/07
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)

It may not exactly conform to what many people might expect to see from a current-day romantic comedy, it is one of the more satisfying examples of the genre to come along in recent months.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
10/04/07
Peter Sobczynski
Peter Sobczynski
eFilmCritic.com

This is a film that can't quite decide if it wants to be a show-business spoof, a romantic comedy or an embarrassment comedy along the lines of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
10/04/07
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

The movie has a strange tone... but there's a lot to admire here.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
10/04/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

I’ve no clue how the world will take to I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With. For Chicago, it’s a scrumptious, four-star banquet.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
10/04/07
Sid Smith
Sid Smith
Chicago Tribune

Garlin's clearly inspired by his own experiences living as someone who's fat and funny, but being honest isn't the same thing as being perceptive.

Full Review Source: Metromix.com | comment Comment
10/04/07
Matt Pais
Matt Pais
Metromix.com

Somehow Garlin maintains a buoyant, humanistic tone throughout the parade of lonely humiliations. It's an endearing little movie with a great big heart.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Weekly | comment Comment
09/26/07
Sean Burns
Sean Burns
Philadelphia Weekly

You might wish this speed-limit-safe exercise in Woody Allen-esque urban romantic neuroses had taken jazzier comic risks.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
09/14/07
Robert Abele
Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
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October 04, 2007: Interview: Jeff Garlin on I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Written, produced, directed, and starring Jeff Garlin, I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With shows us a softer side of the Curb Your Enthusiasm actor. RT met up with Garlin to chat... More...

September 24, 2007: A romantic comedy trading on Woody Allen's trademark themes, except substituting Chicago for New York as a backdrop and as the cinematic source of its inspiration. Too bad comedienne Sarah Silverman simply is no Diane Keaton. La-di-da... la-di-da... Opens in new window
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September 01, 2007: Sharing her own fantasy with her fat suitor about cheese eating and romance, and hoagy shacks (sticking your wiener between bosoms, don't ask), Silverman's ballsy babe nicely turns the tables on the whole macho entitlement salacious courtship thing. Opens in new window
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