 | An Earnest Man |
Wendell Baker (Luke Wilson) is a good man. Really a good man. He just happens to break the law in his efforts to help people. When he's paroled after serving time for his latest escapade -- making ID cards and drivers licenses for illegal aliens from his trailer in south Texas -- he finds that his girlfriend Doreen (Eva Mendes) is finished with him.
Devastated and longing for her, he goes to work in the "hotel industry" and is under the direction of two sleazy nurses at a boarding home for the elderly. The nurses, Neil King (Owen Wilson) and McTeague (Eddie Griffin), are not only sleazy -- they're totally corrupt and running a nasty scam on the residents.
When Wendell finds out, he teams up with two of the residents (Harry Dean Stanton, Seymour Cassel) to bust the scam in return for the men helping him win back his beloved Doreen.
There's nothing terribly deep here, folks, but it is entertaining and there are no car chases or violence or gratuitous acts -- just some fun with a little moral conscious thrown in.
And it's a real Wilson Brothers project. Not only do Luke and Owen star in the film, but Luke wrote the screenplay and also co-directed with brother Andrew Wilson. Their Mom also served as set photographer.
Rated PG-13 for some crude and sexual humor and language.
My personal rating: B.
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