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Alan endeavors to bring Charlie out of his shell by convincing him to see a therapist. Barely communicative, he ends every session after only a couple of minutes. His therapist says he needs to tell the story about his family to someone eventually and Charlie soon tells Alan his tragic story.
After Charlie learns about the woman, he openly jokes (and makes a crude hand gesture) about oral sex. Charlie is said to have sleepwalked in the nude while in college. When he meets Alan’s female psychiatrist friend he makes a number of comments about her breasts (using a derogatory term).
- Mike Binder
Alan wants to help Charlie but isn't quite sure what he can do. The two start hanging out together, much to the dismay of Alan's wife who feels more shut out of his life than ever. Charlie introduces his rediscovered friend to the pleasures of video games and Mel Brooks' comedy films.
Alan endeavors to bring Charlie out of his shell by convincing him to see a therapist (Alan arranges for Nigel Pennington (John De Lancie), a "covert" therapist to meet Charlie). Charlie sees through Nigel and walks out.
Mar 29, 2007 · Weary and downtrodden at the beginning of the film, Cheadle slowly brings Alan to life over the course of his friendship with Charlie. At the end of the film, we see that Alan does not have all the answers, but we have confidence in his ability to re-discover the joy in himself and his family.
Instead, Donna is driven into hypersexual stalker-spasms (she repeatedly offers Alan oral sex in his office). Her aggressiveness scares Alan and intrigues Charlie, who is mostly lost in an adolescent fixation on her breasts -- at least until she becomes his means to redemption.
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Mar 23, 2007 · Alan, who resumes his friendship with Charlie after years of being out of touch, tries to coax his old pal back into contact with the world around him, while Charlie’s life of compulsive play...
