Jennifer Garner - 1999, Subtle and hilarious.

Jennifer Garner appeared in 1999 as Annabell (aka Girls & Boys). Director: Nick Davis; Writer: Nick Davis (writer).

Subtle and hilarious, Caught 1999 movie on Sundance Channel, couldn't believe how good it was. Why wasn't it released? Or was it? (There are too many indie movies out there, I guess...) 1999 movie is basically about a bunch of control freaks at a new year's Eve party in New York City, all of whom are fantastically well drawn anxiety-filled New Yorkers. Director Davis has caught New Yorkers' self-absorption perfectly, but unlike, say, Seinfeld, the characters are actually trying to better themselves, and struggling with real, deep issues of identity and self-worth. And unlike Whit Stillman's movies (which I guess this is like, although I enjoyed it way more than Metropolitan), the movie really knows when to laugh at these characters, and when to feel with them.

And then, for good measure, there are Steven Wright and Buck Henry giving unexpected and wonderful performances. Steven Wright is amazingly funny, and Buck Henry really sad and sensitive, kind of in the Jack Lemmon role of the father of the host of the party, only doing a real job of acting, not whining like Lemmon now does.

I haven't heard much about 1999 movie (other than Sundance Channel) or this filmmaker, but I bet that in ten years we'll all be scratching our heads trying to remember who Ed Burns was (wish I could say the same thing for Kevin Smith, but the guy's too much of an operator to go away) and plunking down our cash, if it is cash we're still using (the movie is very funny about what the near future might or might not hold, and has me thinking the same way) to go to movies by Nick Davis.

Cast

(Cast overview, first billed only)

	Dan Futterman	...	Rufus Wild
	Allyson Downey	...	Well-Dressed Woman (as Alison Downey)
	Jennifer Garner	...	Annabell
	Matt McGrath	...	Andrew Goldman
	Buck Henry	...	Mr. Goldman
	Steven Wright	...	Goatman
	Sandrine Holt	...	Suki
	Amanda Peet	...	Nicole
	Margaret Devine	...	Sylvia
	Daniel Lapaine	...	Thierry
	Leonid Uscher	...	Lubos (as Leonid Uscher-Citer)
	David Gelb	...	Danny
	David Porter	...	Conrad
	Bray Poor	...	David Dishy
	Zandy Hartig	...	Stephanie Dishy