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* ArcSymbol: Clocks and time.
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* BlackComedy: The blackest.
* BromanticFoil: Mills to K. Roth.
* ArcSymbol: Clocks and time.
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K. Roth Binew (O'Connell) is an eccentric, self-proclaimed genius who has recently found out that he only has until 7:33 that night to live. He recruits his best and only friend Mills (Eisenberg) to accompany him on his last day to live, in which they search for the true meaning of life in a "brief, but powerful monologue" that K. Roth's vanished father (Gaffigan) once promised to tell him, organize K. Roth's wake and invite everyone in town, and give K. Roth the most eventful last day he could ever have.
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K. Roth Binew (O'Connell) is an eccentric, self-proclaimed genius who has recently found out that he only has until 7:33 7:30 that night to live. He recruits his best and only friend Mills (Eisenberg) to accompany him on his last day to live, in which they search for the true meaning of life in a "brief, but powerful monologue" that K. Roth's vanished father (Gaffigan) once promised to tell him, organize K. Roth's wake and invite everyone in town, and give K. Roth the most eventful last day he could ever have.
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* TragicBromance: Mills and K. Roth's friendship becomes this after K. Roth dies.
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* UnfazedEveryman: Mills is a bit strange himself, but compared to his surroundings, he's downright ''normal''. He takes it all in stride.
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->''A man is only as good as his [[TitleDrop Living Wake]].''
A 2007 film starring Mike O'Connell, Jesse Eisenberg, and Jim Gaffigan.
K. Roth Binew (O'Connell) is an eccentric, self-proclaimed genius who has recently found out that he only has until 7:33 that night to live. He recruits his best and only friend Mills (Eisenberg) to accompany him on his last day to live, in which they search for the true meaning of life in a "brief, but powerful monologue" that K. Roth's vanished father (Gaffigan) once promised to tell him, organize K. Roth's wake and invite everyone in town, and give K. Roth the most eventful last day he could ever have.
!!These tropes are dressed for death.
* AbusiveParents: K. Roth's mom, who doesn't believe him when he says he's dying, and blames his father's disapparence on him, [[spoiler:though she does show some remorse when he dies]].
* AttendingYourOwnFuneral: And organizing it, too.
* BeleagueredChildhoodFriend: Mills to K. Roth.
* BlackComedy: The blackest.
* BromanticFoil: Mills to K. Roth.
* CloudCuckoolander: Mills is a self-described "eccentric," but K. Roth really gives him a run for his money.
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[spoiler:As it turns out, he never did.]]
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: [[spoiler:Double-subverted. At first K. Roth thinks this about his father, though he believes his father abandoned him, not died. Then he becomes bitter towards his father... until he finds out his father actually died, and didn't abandon him at all, and actually does love him.]] His mother, who is living, is a complete and utter bitch.
* DespairEventHorizon: Poor K. Roth skirts over the line again and again and again. [[spoiler: Mills crosses it when he dies, too.]]
* DiedStandingUp: [[spoiler:K. Roth dies standing up in his own coffin.]]
* DeadPersonConversation: [[spoiler:K. Roth's conversations with his father.]]
* DrowningMySorrows
* DontExplainTheJoke: "THE SMOKE IS A METAPHOR!"
* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler:Everyone approached K. Roth's coffin to say their final goodbyes.]]
* EndingMemorialService
* FaceDeathWithDignity
* ForegoneConclusion: K. Roth dies.
* TheHeroDies
* HeterosexualLifePartners: K. Roth and Mills.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: The prostitute K. Roth hires is sarcastic and abrasive, but nice enough to attend his living wake.
* INeedAFreakingDrink
* {{Keet}}: Mills, most of the time.
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:If you listen very, ''very'' closely, K. Roth never actually finishes the last word of his song before dying.]]
* KilledOffForReal: K. Roth. Knowing this from the beginning does ''not'' lessen the impact.
* MomentOfSilence: [[spoiler:K. Roth's death is followed by almost complete quiet, until people come up to the coffin to pay their respects.]]
* SitcomArchNemesis: K. Roth and Reginald.
* StepfordSmiler: K. Roth
* StylisticSuck: Most of K. Roth's creative works.
* UpperClassTwit: K. Roth, but there's more to him than that.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: K. Roth's "one woman" show.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: In fact, you don't even have a full day left.
* YouSeeImDying
->''A man is only as good as his [[TitleDrop Living Wake]].''
A 2007 film starring Mike O'Connell, Jesse Eisenberg, and Jim Gaffigan.
K. Roth Binew (O'Connell) is an eccentric, self-proclaimed genius who has recently found out that he only has until 7:33 that night to live. He recruits his best and only friend Mills (Eisenberg) to accompany him on his last day to live, in which they search for the true meaning of life in a "brief, but powerful monologue" that K. Roth's vanished father (Gaffigan) once promised to tell him, organize K. Roth's wake and invite everyone in town, and give K. Roth the most eventful last day he could ever have.
!!These tropes are dressed for death.
* AbusiveParents: K. Roth's mom, who doesn't believe him when he says he's dying, and blames his father's disapparence on him, [[spoiler:though she does show some remorse when he dies]].
* AttendingYourOwnFuneral: And organizing it, too.
* BeleagueredChildhoodFriend: Mills to K. Roth.
* BlackComedy: The blackest.
* BromanticFoil: Mills to K. Roth.
* CloudCuckoolander: Mills is a self-described "eccentric," but K. Roth really gives him a run for his money.
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[spoiler:As it turns out, he never did.]]
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: [[spoiler:Double-subverted. At first K. Roth thinks this about his father, though he believes his father abandoned him, not died. Then he becomes bitter towards his father... until he finds out his father actually died, and didn't abandon him at all, and actually does love him.]] His mother, who is living, is a complete and utter bitch.
* DespairEventHorizon: Poor K. Roth skirts over the line again and again and again. [[spoiler: Mills crosses it when he dies, too.]]
* DiedStandingUp: [[spoiler:K. Roth dies standing up in his own coffin.]]
* DeadPersonConversation: [[spoiler:K. Roth's conversations with his father.]]
* DrowningMySorrows
* DontExplainTheJoke: "THE SMOKE IS A METAPHOR!"
* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler:Everyone approached K. Roth's coffin to say their final goodbyes.]]
* EndingMemorialService
* FaceDeathWithDignity
* ForegoneConclusion: K. Roth dies.
* TheHeroDies
* HeterosexualLifePartners: K. Roth and Mills.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: The prostitute K. Roth hires is sarcastic and abrasive, but nice enough to attend his living wake.
* INeedAFreakingDrink
* {{Keet}}: Mills, most of the time.
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:If you listen very, ''very'' closely, K. Roth never actually finishes the last word of his song before dying.]]
* KilledOffForReal: K. Roth. Knowing this from the beginning does ''not'' lessen the impact.
* MomentOfSilence: [[spoiler:K. Roth's death is followed by almost complete quiet, until people come up to the coffin to pay their respects.]]
* SitcomArchNemesis: K. Roth and Reginald.
* StepfordSmiler: K. Roth
* StylisticSuck: Most of K. Roth's creative works.
* UpperClassTwit: K. Roth, but there's more to him than that.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: K. Roth's "one woman" show.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: In fact, you don't even have a full day left.
* YouSeeImDying
