Two young men who have been friends since early childhood decide to go on a trip to find a third friend who has long since disappeared. Stories they have heard indicate that the friend has been seen in an apparently rambling, incoherent state at Coney Island. Their trip leads them to a number of adventures involving the otherworld-like life at the Park and revelations related to their own pasts including the death of one's sister, a failed past relationship, financial failings, and alcoholism.
Acting
Jon Cryer's raw, unPretty in Pink performance
Cinematography
Coney Island as beautiful ruin, shot on location
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like real friends talking
Director
Richard Schenkman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jon Cryer and director Richard Schenkman were NYU friends; Cryer did this for scale between Two and a Half Men seasons.
Shot during Coney Island's 1990s nadir before redevelopment, capturing the actual boardwalk freakshow culture now sanitized for Instagram.
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