Some of my favorite romance films of all time involve fractured romances. When two of the unlikeliest people come together to realize they’re in love is much easier to watch than two sleek models pretending they can’t get dates and find one another. You’re not fooling anyone. “Selling Hopkins” is that fractured romance that I can appreciate. Scott Eathorne creates this wonderfully acerbic little film about two hopelessly lonely and miserable folks finding one another thanks to… a stain? Toby is a young man who has reached a low point in his life, and is basically listening to inspirational cassettes to get through the day, there’s a knock at his door and he’s approached by a female salesman named Mya, offering stain cleaner on the brink of tears. This awkward meeting between these two obviously sad folks escalates into a rather unwieldy series of small talk between them, as Mya expresses her sadness, all with Toby looking on wide eyed and clueless.

Mya makes a person uncomfortable, and Toby simply has no social skills, and yet they like one another, and the usual off putting caveats in their personalities ends up attracting one another assuring the start of a possibly long relationship. Eathorne gladly never lays it on too thick nor does he beat us over the head with their idiosynchrasies. He just simply shows us a moment in the life of two sad folks who fall for each other based around a conversation of gardens and paint, and almost live happily ever after. One thing is for sure, when they’re at parties, their story will put people to sleep, but who cares as long as they’ve got each other?

Hell, I dreaded this movie upon first glance, but I was proven wrong. It's a quaint, low-key, and graceful romance comedy that pairs two lonely unassuming folks and gives us a glimpse at a possibly long romance. The great performances, sweet script, and quirky humor pretty much left me begging for a feature length version.

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