Zia: I'm not going out tonight. It just makes me depressed.
Eugene: So, what you gonna do? Kill yourself?

In today's world, everyone's had to deal with depression. You can''t wake up and turn on the television without being bombarded with ads for medication for depression. And that, of course, leads to the inevitable suicide attempt (or success) for many people out there in our great wide world. Especially here in the oh so wonderful USA. So, what happens next? Do you go to hell? What if you don't even believe in such things? Where do suicides go? That's the basis for this film. Our central character is Zia, a guy who just isn't happy with the way his life is at current. So he spends his morning tidying up his place, making it all nice, then he calmly walks into the bathroom and slits his wrists.

In this world there are no robed figures or demonic guys. Just pretty average people who are forced to live their lives in this place in a way we live our own lives. They get apartments, have room mates, get jobs and eat food. Zia feels unsatisfied though...he feels like there has to be more. When he finds out his girlfriend committed suicide not long after he did, he chomps at the bit for the chance to find her. Maybe love is all he needs, yes? Does he find it? Watch it and find out.

Now, the story, while intriguing, isn't overly complex. It's a story of three people who end up together, become friends and grow. Where this film really shines is in the character interactions. Eugene, Zia's new best friend, steals the entire show in this regard. He has the best lines, by and far. I really enjoyed the music for this as well, especially Tom Waits' opening tune "Dead and Lovely", which fits the whole package perfectly.

I found this to be a little slice of indie heaven that I could easily watch many times over. Definitely recommend this to all dark comedy lovers.

• When Eugene kills himself on stage by pouring a beer onto his guitar, he is drinking "Dead Guy Ale", brewed by Rogue Brewing Company.
• The soundtrack features songs from a number of famous suicides: Del Shannon, Ian Curtis, Nick Drake, and David Sutch. Gram Parsons, whose drug overdose is paralleled by Mikal's OD, is also featured.
• Eugene (Shea Whigham) isn't smoking pot throughout the film, he's actually smoking tobacco cigarettes. Actor Whigham noticed director Goran Dukic smoked loose tobacco and rolled his own cigarettes and carried it in a plastic bag, and said that's what he wanted Eugene to smoke.
• Shea Whigham's character (Eugene) is partly based on Gur Bentvich, Israeli writer/director and friend of Etgar Keret who wrote "Kneller's Day Campers". He is also partly based on Eugene Hutz, front-man of Gogol Bordello and friend of director Goran Dukic.
• Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay Nominee, Best First Feature Nominee.
• Sundance 06 - Grand Jury Award Nominee.
• Seattle 06 - Best Director.
• Gen Art 06 - Best Feature Film.
• Philadelphia 06 - Best First Feature.
• Humanitas Prize 06 - Best Screenplay Nominee.
• Motovun Film Festival 06 - Best Film Audience Award.
• The screenplay was an official Selection of the 2004 Sundance Screenwriter's Lab.