Crazy Jones

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Life for Finnigan Jones (Joe Aaron) has reached the point where the first thing he does every morning is wonder whether or not he should blow out his brains. Approaching 40 and still living with his mother, stricken with heavy depression and bouts of Tourette's Syndrome, he just muddles past the world. Then he meets Syd (Francesca Catalano), a 12-year-old whose personality is as bright as her green-dyed curls. Unlike other people, Syd simply accepts Jones for who he is. Sensing a kindred spirit in the young girl, he is able to get a new grip on life. What he doesn't know, however, is that she has shattering secrets of her own. Aaron also wrote and directed Crazy Jones, a bittersweet comedy as unique as its characters. Channeling the films of Todd Solondz (Welcome to the Dollhouse) and the comics of Daniel Clowes (Ghost World), it marries whimsical humor and dark undercurrents with incredible grace and humanity. - Fernando F. Croce