The Foot Fist Way

Onscreen and off, they clearly share a comic sensibility rooted in a love of awkwardness.

A striking low-budget debut that manages to combine deadpan one-liners, pathos, physical comedy and fighting stars.

He's unlikable but never unwatchable; the fact that you can still root for such a character, no matter how offensive his behaviour, is where McBride's exploitable skill lies.

What it does, it does well...

...[ít's] vein of bizarre awkwardness [is] laced with bemused empathy.