Numb

Numb

2007 · 93 min · EN · R · 5.8 (84 votes)
Dir. Harris Goldberg · Starring Matthew Perry, Lynn Collins, Kevin Pollak, Bob Gunton, Helen Shaver, William B. Davis · Music Ryan Shore
ComedyDramaRomance

Hudson Milbank is a successful Hollywood screenwriter who suddenly and strangely finds himself without any emotional feelings. He tries doctor after doctor and shrink after shrink, but nothing works. The Golf Channel, lesbian exercise classes and a dizzying variety of pills get him through the day, but don't quite solve his problem. His writing partner tries everything to get him back to normal, but it's not until Hudson meets Sara that he finds a real motivation to get better and to actually start feeling again. From the writer of Deuce Bigalow, comes NUMB, a romantic comedy following an unusual man looking for strange love.

VIBE

A strangely detached, yet oddly charming exploration of emotional numbness. It’s a quirky, melancholic dive into a man’s absurd quest for feeling, punctuated by moments of unexpected warmth and connection. A quiet, introspective, and offbeat experience.

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