Plot: You get to meet Speed Miller, a typical New Yorker in that he’s a complete individual. Shot documentary style in black and white on the streets and on the job working for Grey Lines Tours as a tour bus guide.

The purpose of the movie is to get to know Speed. If that’s not it then the director did a really shitty job because there is nothing else in the movie. Well, maybe a five minute insight into the tour bus guide business but that’s not a reason to see a movie.

The way we get know him is by the liberal use of the monologue. At no time are questions asked by the film crew. When I write monologue it should be spelled pontification. The word cacophony is used more in this movie than has been used in my entire life. That includes all of the books I’ve read. Sure maybe my literary choice isn’t grand and "Stewardesses In Torn Blouses" doesn’t have an extended vocabulary but really, to hear cacophony ten times in 76 minutes is surreal.

The Good: The cool thing is Speed is an interesting person. The VHS jacket claims him as a Woody Allen but I disagree with that. I think he is very much his own person, however, if you close your eyes he does sound just like Woody.

Here’s what I came away with: he’s a guy that seems to see the best and worst of society and he’s incapable of fitting into either. It’s in the way he breaks things down into Cruise and Not Cruise. But that’s not the end of it as much as it is the beginning. You do leave the film wondering what will happen to him .

Any time you examine the character of someone, people from California always seem vapid and shallow but people from New York always seem deeply interesting. I wonder why that is….

The Bad: Some really scary taping of the movie. I liked the way it was shot but this maybe the lowest budget rental I’ve ever had. The editing saves it. Oh, If you don’t like subtle character pieces about New Yorkers don’t rent it.

The Bottom Line: A thoughtful documentary about the most interesting person you’ve never heard of. From New York.

My Rating: 4 Cocktails. Just because New York really seems like that to me.