The Toe Tactic
29/01/2009
Mona is nearly overwhelmed by grief and depression. After her father's death, she's cut herself off: leaving teaching - she now temps as an office assistant, ignoring her mother's calls, talking to herself in mirrors, and rejecting any offered intimacy. She's watched over by comic extraterrestrial beings whom we see as cartoon squiggles. They ensure that random acts bring her connections - with a neighbor boy, his mother, and his surreptitious piano teacher (the lad wants to surprise his mom). She also meets an elevator operator in the building where she temps for Ms. Hadaway, a widow with perfect diction. Can Mona take a few steps on the road to expressing emotion?
Movie Information
Lily Rabe
as Mona Peek
Daniel London
as Elevator Man
H. Jon Benjamin
as Police Officer
Kevin Corrigan
as Hector Freegood
David Cross
as Timmy (voice)
Jane Lynch
as Honey Strumpet
Eugene Mirman
as Night Elevator Man
Xander Berkeley
as Dad
Richard Cox
as Stalker Timmy
Ann Dowd
as Honey Woman
Jon Glaser
as Tooot
Sakina Jaffrey
as Lacticia Utt
Mary Kay Place
as Mom
John Sayles
as Cramden
Marian Seldes
as Eunice (voice)
Eli Wallach
as Maestro
