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an inhalant blackout

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more sophisticated and literate than such pictures usually are ... an amusing little catch

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an older cad instructs a younger lad in zen and the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy .

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that serves as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale
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