Eugenia Yuan is great as always. The rest of the story is too dull.

By no means is this the worst film that I have ever seen; it is, however, on a long list of terrible films that I have seen. Every character in this film suffers from a, really bad & persistent, form of stupidity. To describe Jorge, the main character & clearly the worst character in the film, as morbidly shy is a morbidly understated description of the character. He obviously suffers from some sort of delusional paranoia, immensely afraid of everything, the shyness being the one aspect of his personality that is the most apparent. For Jorge to be the main character in this film the writer(s) and/or director(s) of this film must have suffered from some form of brain-death. I half expected the movie to introduce a subplot about a case worker that got Jorge the job at the diner, through some sort of a state-funded program that tries to make retards self-sufficient by getting them jobs. At the same time, I was hoping that his `roommate` would do him in; sort of a suicide by proxy... The only thing worth a damn in the entire film is the character Amy. While every character in the film suffers, at the very least, from some form of stupidity, she's the only really likable character. I borrowed it from my local library and I did so bc I had heard a couple of good things about one of the production companies that worked on the film; Ghost Robot has only done one other movie that I have seen and it, Cropsey, was, truly, an excellent film. I was hoping that the intelligence that went into that film would have been instilled into this one as well. The dvd extra's may actually end up being the best thing about this film. Overall, a waste of my time.

Liked the music, acting of female lead - LOVED, and the stories, but still didn't quite get the story line thread...

pas mal de bonnes idees pour ce petit film drôle et tendre.

Slow to unfold and not much payoff for sticking with it, but some really unique and interesting animation.

Eugenia's great, given the script. Aaron Paul was interesting, but what a gaping black hole - though I understand the Ecuadorean guy's shyness centers the film, his character becomes dead weight toward the middle, such that his heroic save seems less so at the end.

a young chiness woman starts work at a diner, where a very shy young man works the dishes, here we see the two charactors, going about there work days, the guy having some spark with the girl, but shyness overcoming him, and all the while, work problems coming up, nicely handled indie drama, setin queens newyork, looking realstic, a nice story and all charactors adding something

An odd but fairly entertaining film.

Very introverted and uncomfortable.

Brillant! Best film that I've seen in a while!

I don't pretend to fully understand the artier aspects of this film, but I liked the story of these varied individuals working in a NYC diner.

I dont really know what to think of this movie.It was good but depressing

I really didn't much out of it. It was just so slow moving, with very little happening. The interaction between Amy and Jorge was definitely the bright point.

Amazing movie. Makes you feel the crazy claustrophobic life of the main character without it being hard to watch.

Not a particularly great film. It is interesting enough to watch through, but with so much more competition now, independent/art films need more than just bizarre interludes, sporadic dialogue and quirky actors -- all of which this movie has, and nothing more.

very good, very real film about a morbidly shy man in a foreign land. dips into art house territory...characters are not caricatures (although the main character frustrated me more than once with just how shy he was); and the spiritual aspects of the main characters life is too not a caricature; what a relief. i found myself gripped by the soundtrack, as well.

A small turning point, rather than any grand statement of renewed directorial intent - we're not quite in the same authentic territory as, say, Ramin Bahrani ("Man Push Cart", "Chop Shop") - but it works out well for Barron: you sense him revelling in DV's graininess, and not having to worry about applying any Hallmark Channel gloss for once allows him to gather his small but complementary ensemble around him; he gets effective contributions from Gomez Berrios, all touching reticence, and from the adorably forthcoming Yuan... There are niggles: some animated inserts jar, the precise status of Jorge's bullying flatmate remains unclear, and a humourless German character feels like a residual stereotype from Barron's earlier career. But the whole speaks of a fresh new direction, well worth pursuing: the last time anyone attempted a career reboot in this vein, it was former Disney animator James Mangold with the lovelorn diner romance "Heavy" - and he went on to make "Walk the Line" and "3:10 to Yuma".

I like this lots. It was beautifully shot and really interesting. Good job, man.

This film is a diamond in the rough... it's biggest problem, I think, lies with the severe emotional distress written into the main character, Jorge. This is never fully clarified or resolved for the viewer and because so much of the film is built around it, the film ends in a void. Jorge's love interest, played by Eugenia Yuan, is a delight, however, and the beautiful animation cut throughout is stunning and haunting.

a verygood story and very good filmaking but this is not that origainl..dont get me wrong it is well constructed but the whole diner routine has been overdone in film...because all of the dinners are too similar..this movie is worth your time if you are in to good indies