Thanksgiving Weekend Viewing Part 2

I am back on bathroom monitor duty (otherwise known as manning the Nonfiction Reference desk) so I thought I would share with you the other DVD I watched this weekend.  This is the one with the Twilight connection.

Yes, I watched How to Be, starring my beloved Robert Pattinson.  I actually bought this DVD right before Thanksgiving.  I had heard good things about it and I want to make sure his career goes on for a while. 

How to Be tells the story of Art (played by Pattinson).  In his early 20's, Art just broke up with his girlfriend and has to move back in with his parents.  His parents aren't the most pleasant people.  Art works at a dead end job at a grocery store and volunteers at a local community center.  He desires to be a musician but is really bad at it.  Since he feels like he is having a quarter life crisis, he goes to the local book store and picks up a self help book.  He becomes so intrigued by the book that he takes all his money and hires the author to come be his life coach.  The author moves in with Art and his family and the rest of the movie deals with what happens.

At first, I was a little worried about whether or not I would like this movie.  From the preview I had seen, I thought it looked a little goofy.  I was wrong.  I found this film to be quite charming.  It was nice to see Rob in another role beside "Edward".  He does goofy really well.  There is quite a bit of talking in the movie so if you are into action, you probably won't like this movie.  There is also a lot of British humor so if you don't appreciate that, you probably won't like it either.  But if those things don't bother you, I would highly recommend How to Be.