Lurking in Suburbia

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Lurking in Suburbia
Directed by Mitchell Altieri
Produced by Mitchell Altieri
Phil Flores
Written by Mitchell Altieri
Starring Joe Egender
Samuel Child
Ari Zaragis
Buffy Charlet
Distributed by Heretic Films
Ryko Distribution
Release dates May 30, 2006
Running time 87 min.
Language English

Lurking in Suburbia is a comedy motion picture about a writer living in his suburban hometown with his high school pals and trying to come to terms with his biggest fear… Growing up! It was discovered by Sundance Film Festival programmer Trevor Groth and went on to become a film festival favorite. The film, which stars Joe Egender (Conrad/Connie), Samuel Child (Sean), Ari Zaragis (Danny) and Buffy Charlet (Frankie), was written and directed by Mitchell Altieri, produced by Altieri and Phil Flores, and released by Heretic Films in 2006.

Plot

A small-town writer takes pause to reassess his wild life of drunken debauchery in director Mitchell Altieri's reflective comedy drama. Conrad Stevens (Joe Egender) is about to turn thirty, yet despite his wild nights spent partying with his roommates at the bachelor pad they've taken to calling "The Palace," Connie can't help but feeling that something is missing from his once-charmed life. Feeling stifled in his suburban hometown and trapped in an endless cycle of raucous boozing and non-committal babes, Conrad decides that maybe it's time to make a change from the ordinary and break the everyday cycle. (source:Jason Buchanan, Allmovie )

Reception

Variety dismissed the film as "yet another depiction of the collective anomie felt by a group of thirtysomething friends clinging to their high-school glory days. Tyro writer-director Mitchell Altieri's thin, but occasionally engaging pic plods along a path well-trodden by indie filmmakers of the '90s, particularly Whit Stillman and Noah Baumbach, while never amassing the rich characterizations or pointed insights that have distinguished this genre's more memorable efforts."

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