I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With

I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With is an independent film from 2006, released in September 2007 by IFC Films and The Weinstein Company. Written, produced and directed by, and starring Jeff Garlin (of Curb Your Enthusiasm), it features Garlin, Sarah Silverman and Bonnie Hunt. Many improv veterans of Chicago's Second City and even its 1950s predecessor Compass Players appear, as well as Chicago radio personality Steve Dahl in a cameo. Overweight, de... more

I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With is an independent film from 2006, released in September 2007 by IFC Films and The Weinstein Company. Written, produced and directed by, and starring Jeff Garlin (of Curb Your Enthusiasm), it features Garlin, Sarah Silverman and Bonnie Hunt. Many improv veterans of Chicago's Second City and even its 1950s predecessor Compass Players appear, as well as Chicago radio personality Steve Dahl in a cameo. Overweight, depressed improv actor James (Jeff Garlin) is a Second City cast member in Chicago. He lives with his mother (Mina Kolb, who also plays Garlin's mother in Curb Your Enthusiasm), and cheats on his diet. He quits his acting job on a sleazy television prank show, his girlfriend (Rebecca Sage Allen) breaks up with him, and his agent (Richard Kind) dumps him. When he visits his friend's daughter's elementary school for Career Day, he rambles about his problems, boring the kids, and embarrassing himself in front of the teacher, Stella (Bonnie Hunt).... less