The Low Life

This black comedy explores the dreary lives of a group of frustrated college graduates in Los Angeles. After finishing his studies at Yale John travels to Hollywood with dreams of finding success as an author. However things don't quite work out. With his writing going nowhere he takes a temporary job working for a slum lord. Into John's life steps Andrew, a nerd who becomes his new roommate. Friendly to an extreme, Andrew quickly is made the target of abuse by John and his friends who can't bear the newcomer. Meanwhile John also repulses the advances of a pretty Southern floozy who keeps coming on to him. Will John and his slacker buddies manage to find a direction for their aimless lives?