Trainwreck: My Life as an Idiot
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Trainwreck: My Life as an Idoit (more commonly known by the "proper" spelling Trainwreck: My Life as an Idiot) is a 2007
American
comedy
drama
written and directed by Tod Harrison Williams and based upon the autobiographical book The Little Yellow Bus by Jeff Nichols.
The film was premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival
on 14 June 2007 and put on general release in America
on 19 September 2008.
Edging closer to his thirties Jeff (Seann William Scott
) has a heavy drinking problem
coupled with ADHD, dyslexia
and Tourette syndrome
, he spends most of his time attending support meeting
s including ones which have no connection to the problems he suffers.
Jeff pins the cause of his problems on his wealthy parents Cynthia (Deirdre O'Connell
) and Mike (Denis O'Hare
). After being evicted from the garage he rents, with nowhere left to go manages to connect with Lynn (Gretchen Mol
), a woman he met at a support group for people with relationship problems.
2007 in film
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American
United States
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comedy
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
drama
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
written and directed by Tod Harrison Williams and based upon the autobiographical book The Little Yellow Bus by Jeff Nichols.
The film was premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
The Seattle International Film Festival , held annually in Seattle, Washington since 1976, is among the top film festivals in North America. Audiences have grown steadily; the 2006 festival had 160,000 attendees...
on 14 June 2007 and put on general release in America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on 19 September 2008.
Plot
Trainwreck: My Life as an Idiot is a comedy drama based upon the experiences of comedian Jeff Nichols; it follows Jeff as he encounters a remarkable varienty of personal and emotional problems.Edging closer to his thirties Jeff (Seann William Scott
Seann William Scott
Seann William Scott is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Steve Stifler in the American Pie film series...
) has a heavy drinking problem
Alcoholism
Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing...
coupled with ADHD, dyslexia
Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a very broad term defining a learning disability that impairs a person's fluency or comprehension accuracy in being able to read, and which can manifest itself as a difficulty with phonological awareness, phonological decoding, orthographic coding, auditory short-term memory, or rapid...
and Tourette syndrome
Tourette syndrome
Tourette syndrome is an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder with onset in childhood, characterized by multiple physical tics and at least one vocal tic; these tics characteristically wax and wane...
, he spends most of his time attending support meeting
Group psychotherapy
Group psychotherapy or group therapy is a form of psychotherapy in which one or more therapists treat a small group of clients together as a group...
s including ones which have no connection to the problems he suffers.
Jeff pins the cause of his problems on his wealthy parents Cynthia (Deirdre O'Connell
Deirdre O'Connell (actress)
Deirdre O'Connell is an American character actress who has worked extensively on stage, screen, and television.O'Connell began her career at Stage One, an experimental theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts...
) and Mike (Denis O'Hare
Denis O'Hare
Denis O'Hare is an American actor noted for his award winning performances in Take Me Out and Sweet Charity as well as the HBO television show True Blood. He is also known for his supporting roles in the films Charlie Wilson's War and Milk...
). After being evicted from the garage he rents, with nowhere left to go manages to connect with Lynn (Gretchen Mol
Gretchen Mol
Gretchen Mol is an American actress and former model. She is known for her roles in films like Rounders, Celebrity, 3:10 to Yuma, The Thirteenth Floor,and The Notorious Bettie Page, where she played the title character...
), a woman he met at a support group for people with relationship problems.
Cast and characters
- Seann William ScottSeann William ScottSeann William Scott is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Steve Stifler in the American Pie film series...
as Jeff - Jeff GarlinJeff GarlinJeffrey "Jeff" Garlin is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, voice artist, director, writer and author, best known for his role as Jeff Greene on the HBO show Curb Your Enthusiasm...
as Lenny - Gretchen MolGretchen MolGretchen Mol is an American actress and former model. She is known for her roles in films like Rounders, Celebrity, 3:10 to Yuma, The Thirteenth Floor,and The Notorious Bettie Page, where she played the title character...
as Lynn - Deirdre O'ConnellDeirdre O'Connell (actress)Deirdre O'Connell is an American character actress who has worked extensively on stage, screen, and television.O'Connell began her career at Stage One, an experimental theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts...
as Cynthia - Denis O'HareDenis O'HareDenis O'Hare is an American actor noted for his award winning performances in Take Me Out and Sweet Charity as well as the HBO television show True Blood. He is also known for his supporting roles in the films Charlie Wilson's War and Milk...
as Mike