Rose is back.
And this time, she is really a bitch.
Melanie Lynskey, who played the wacko stalker, Rose, on “Two and a Half Men,” stars in “Goodbye to All That” along with Paul Schneider and Anna Camp.
Paul’s character, Otto, is idling along in his life until his wife, Annie, played by native New Zealander Lynskey, abruptly announces she wants a divorce. She makes the announcement after summoning Otto to her therapist’s office where the therapist does all the talking.
You want to tell the therapist to STFU and in fact Otto does that. Though it takes him awhile.
It usually does. He’s not always the brightest LED in the chandelier.
He’s also a runner, but a freak injury sidelines the running — and with it, his outlet.
So things are not looking up for Otto at all. To worsen matters, he does some amateur computer hacking and discovers Annie was cheating on him.
And he can’t even go on a full run to vent his emotions.
Fortunately some women show up to relieve Otto of other frustrations. One is from a long time ago and another, Debbie Spangler (played by Anna Camp), results from a chance meeting.
Camp gets top billing in “Goodbye to all That” and her role as the irrepressible but slightly confused Debbie comes close to stealing the show.
“Goodbye to All That,” a 2014 release, is a sly, quirky, bittersweet, laugh-out-loud movie that will remind you of life’s frequent randomness.
The movie didn’t earn a lot of plaudits upon its original release, and that’s a shame because it’s a fine little film. Maybe it just needs a catchier title — something like “Debbie Spangler Does Otto.”
We rate it a solid four stars.
