think usually approach film festival comedies low expectation invariably quirky intended humor derived solely expense characters simplicity face complicated context exceptional big bad swim director able maintain integrity development characters film still finding laughoutloud humor scene scene sophistication maybe due also part sharp work dp ive rarely seen indie film even rarely comedy special note here paget brewsters turn amy math teacher seeing performance cannot understand brewster discovered larger audience brings necessary mix anger likability role really helps picture reach potential terrific work deserving larger audience look forward director cast