Just watched it and...

I loved some of the earlier rants as they just made me laugh, "yo, yo yo it's not an artichoke!"
Some of the dialogue is very sharp and just plain different than what you would expect from a movie nowadays. I liked the evolution of Sal through the evening, he comes in, you get what you see, but then he opens up a little and there's more sides to him. It's also interesting to contrast his opinion about himself with the girls in the bathroom. But yes, a "comfort zone" definitely, some of the rants were a bit too spiky and you weren't sure why you should like his character, if at all but you can see his insecurities come into play, especially when he asks Tom in the kitchen not to go. Not to go chasing after his girlfriend for sure, but also because he's nervous about being alone with Rachel? The change in filming style is interesting if they tried to tie it up a little too neatly by having everyone pair off.

The whole Wayne/Anne Hache scene seemed pointless really and added nothing to the film, in fact I thought the Anne Heche character could have been cut out easily. But that's just me, I think I'll watch the film a couple more times to get a real idea of how I feel for the whole film rather than just seeing Matthew in a new role.

I liked Mars' character but wasn't sure he was the best choice to play him, he acted well and I enjoyed his performance but I just kept being really aware that he was the director and sort of using his part to help cue the other actors, too much of him listening to/watching the other characters really made me aware that he was a director, and serving a dual purpose in the scenes, if that makes sense?

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