January 13, 2026 – A socially awkward man is befriended by an affable man and this quickly leads to his downfall in this dark comedy about a series of misadventures. I was very uncomfortable watching this movie about the self destruction of a man and his family.

Tim Robinson stars as Craig Waterman, a socially awkward, emotionally distant, marketing executive who is mocked by his fellow employees. His trophy wife, Tami (Kate Mara of “Megan Leavey”) is not happy in the marriage, and his son, Steven (Jack Dylan Grazer of “Shazam!”) can't relate to him either.

Tami suggests Craig become friends with a neighbor who invites him over, so he reluctantly takes up the offer, and instantly comes to like his neighbor, Austin Carmichael (Paul Rudd of the “Ant-Man” movies) who is a TV weatherman. Austin is charming and has a wide circle of friends. After a couple of hangouts, Austin invites Craig over to meet his other friends.

This meeting turns into a disaster when Craig becomes aggressively weird. None of Austin's friends like Craig, who find him cringey, while Austin is embarrassed to have him around. Craig tries to rekindle his relationship with Austin. Finally, Austin tells Craig bluntly that he wants nothing more to do with Craig, who is devastated. Emotionally wounded, Craig becomes more unstable, which affects his work and home life.

Inspired by Craig's exploration of sewer tunnels and his knowledge of mushrooms, he tries to duplicate the sense of adventure and comradeship he felt with Craig, by taking his wife and son on the same adventures that Craig shared with him. Both of these adventures turn into disasters because of Craig's blunders.

Increasingly desperate to fill the emptiness in his own life, he tries to worm his way back into Craig's life, becoming more emotionally unstable at home and at work. He even resorts to breaking into Austin's house and stealing something valuable. There is a final, crazy confrontation. It is supposed to be funny, but I found it sad.

There are people who make friends easily, but they are relatively rare. Most people, once they become adults, make few, if any, new friends. At middle age and beyond, if they live long enough, they start losing friends. The message I got from this movie is that Craig is a loser (and deserves to be a loser) and Austin is a winner. That is an immutable fact. It is never going to change. The movie never explains how graceless, blundering, oafish Craig, flawed as he is, ever achieved the level of success in work and marriage he had to begin with.

I like movies where a loser gets to win once in while and flawed characters achieve redemption. This is not that kind of movie. Tim Robinson gives a great performance in this movie as a character that made me cringe. He has solid support from Paul Rudd (who is also an executive producer of this movie) along with Kate Mara and Jack Dylan Grazer. The overall narrative of the movie, despite the humor, is a relentless downward spiral, and it left me cold. It rates a C+.

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