"The Extra Man"

Quirky, different, ridiculous sex farce set in Manhattan, with the incomparable Kevin Kline in an over the top comedic performance that I loved. Paul Dano plays a young man (aspiring writer) who rents a room in playwright Kline's seedy apartment, and is educated through the association -- he doesn't dare assume it's a friendship - in ways he hadn't bargained for. Dano is struggling with his sexual identity, is enamoured of novels by F. Scott Fitzgerard, and has daydreams /and night dreams in which he lives in that era. The movie was not what I expected, but it certainly kept my attention. (And strangely enough, as weird as it was, I didn't find it offensive -- close, but never over the line.) The critics were very harsh in their comments. One thing they say is possibly true, because it is so different : it may not be popular with a mainstream audience. I've never seen anything like it. It's certainly original, one of a kind. Oh, and I forgot to mention that John C. Reilly, speaks in a falsetto throughout (GOK why? - other than the fact that it's just funny!), sports a beard and a huge head of curly hair that in itself is a wonder to behhold. Katie Holmes plays one of the few sane people (and she's delightful) in the film. Kline is a paid male escort to the rich and elderly women, which he does with savoir faire.... (I was not captivated by Paul Dano (maybe it was the director who made him so bland? so: Three and a half Stars