Spooner

Herman Spooner (Matthew Lillard) is a used car salesman who still lives at home with his parents. Spooner is fairly set in his unfulfilling routine, but turning 30 marks a hard deadline set by his mom (Kate Burton) and dad (Christopher McDonald) to get a place of his own. To top it off, Spooner's boss (Shea Whigham) is putting on the pressure to bring in some numbers, or face the chopping block. Headed for one of the worst days of his life, Spooner meets the girl of his dreams, Rose (Nora Zehetner). Forgoing all other priorities, Spooner is now working on winning her heart, but on their perfect date, she breaks the news that she is about to leave for the Philippines. How far will Spooner go to keep Rose in town and show her he really knows how to spoon?

“The sleeper of the [Slamdance Film] festival [is] SPOONER, a delicate and quirky small-scale romantic comedy about an earnest teddy bear of a guy (Matthew Lillard), age 30, who absolutely, positively doesn’t want to leave home. Then he meets Rose (Nora Zehetner). Directed by Drake Doremus and written by Lindsay Stidham, Spooner is sweet-natured, delicate and never overdone. You heard it here first.” (Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times)