It is obvious that the high rating of 8, 9 or 10 are obviously fake, considering the overacting and the overplay of the character Carl (James Wirt) who is supposed to be a "natural born loser of everything". In a way, this came across as a ripoff of the 1994 film, Greedy. But with a low or zero budget. The only redeeming aspect of this was the ending. This could have been a lot better if the script and directing was more fleshed out, and characters that were more third dimensional.
I will point out a "goof" here, in that Carl had been fired "couple months ago" (as revealed at the 8 minute mark), and he was unemployed, for "a couple of months" so where was all the money coming from the pay the mortgage? (revealed at 9 min 35s). If the wife (Leigh) was that much of a control freak, she would have had access and control of all their banking, and she would have known there was no income coming in.
The final nail in the coffin for this: The character of Jerry Ryan (George Deihl Jr. ) they tried to make him sound like Phil Hartman. (listen closely around the 8 minute mark to hear the comparison).
Honestly, this could have been a lot better.
I will point out a "goof" here, in that Carl had been fired "couple months ago" (as revealed at the 8 minute mark), and he was unemployed, for "a couple of months" so where was all the money coming from the pay the mortgage? (revealed at 9 min 35s). If the wife (Leigh) was that much of a control freak, she would have had access and control of all their banking, and she would have known there was no income coming in.
The final nail in the coffin for this: The character of Jerry Ryan (George Deihl Jr. ) they tried to make him sound like Phil Hartman. (listen closely around the 8 minute mark to hear the comparison).
Honestly, this could have been a lot better.