Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Try as they might, nothing interesting happens

I was intrigued by this movie because I enjoyed the lead couple respectively from their quirky work in Little Miss Sunshine / Yes Man. I've seen half the movie thus far and this movie wants to be quirky and off-beat but doesn't deliver. Most disappointingly, it delves into the tired subjects of sex and drugs with shallow treatment. Also, the dialogue in the movie is flat and uninspired. It's particularly annoying how several individuals in the movie are supposedly doctor level education but use the vernacular of sophmoric losers. Paul Dano's desire to adopt a chinese baby is an attempt at cutey-quirky that really lacks authenticity. J. Goodman and E. Asner also have parts that don't sum-up and act them in an exaggerated style for pure spectacle. Too bad independent movies at times can't be more independent, but seem bent on copying some well-worn vibe of outsider cool. Thumbs down.