"The Appointments of Dennis Jennings" is a 27-minute short film from 1988, so this one will have its 30th anniversary next year. It was directed by Dean Parisot, who also went on to have a decent career after it and made stuff like "Red 2" recently, but the star here is certainly co-writer and lead actor Steven Wright. This little comedy movie also won him an Oscar, without a doubt the biggest success of his career. It''s the story of a man with a pretty boring life and his interactions with his psychotherapist (played by Mr. Bean Rowan Atkinson) and his girlfriend (played by Laurie Metcalf from "Roseanne") and also the interactions of these two as we find out towards the end. The cast includes other relatively established actors and familiar faces such as David Hyde Pierce. For the rest you can check your cast list. I would say there is an entertaining moment here and there, but as a whole I was not impressed by this work at all. It has many lengths even at this runtime and could have been a solid watch at under 10 minutes to be honest. Also the star-studded cast is not really elevating the material. Gotta give this one a thumbs-down and the Oscars got it wrong that year.
