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Sean Nelson, Basil Harris, Calvin Reeder, Jeanette Maus

A successful and self-absorbed novelist makes a belated attempt to mend his fractured friendship with the lifelong buddy who unceremoniously sent him packing years ago in this drama from director/scre... read more read more...enwriter Lynn Shelton. Eric Lambert Jones was a terrible friend, so bad that his childhood friend Dylan wanted him out of his life altogether. One day, while traveling across country on his latest book tour, Eric drops by Dylan's picturesque Washington state home in hopes that their friendship can still be salvaged. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 19 min.

Directed by: Lynn Shelton

Release Date: March 9, 2008

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DVD Release Date: November 17, 2009

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  • May 30, 2011
    My Effortless Brilliance was an interesting movie but something about it was very very wrong.Understand what I'm saying?

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May 27, 2008
Sean Axmaker, GreenCine

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