Ben Stiller (Dan in Real Life) is likeable and convincing as a daydreamer. And Kristen Wiig (Whip It) is fun to watch on the screen - the camera really 'likes' her and she has a lovely scene in which she performs 'Ground Control to Major Tom'. Her character is quirky (well, the whole film is...). There are a lot of other very good, short performances and many 'laugh out loud' moments.
But there is a flaw in the flow - the first one-third you can buy in to the daydreams and they are intriguing and fun. And then the story switches gears from irregular daydreams to an attempt at a continuous story. The result is that I was left wondering if I was still watching a daydream or not. Unsettling.
In spite of this, I liked it and would like to see it again, in part to separate out the daydreams from real life (there's some sort of metaphor in there, I think...).
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