Addicted to Fresno is a black comedy starring Natasha Lyonne, Judy Greer and Aubrey Plaza.
Set in Fresno, California. the film follows sisters Martha(Lyonne) and Shannon(Greer) as they try to deal with situations caused by the latter. Shannon is a sex addict who later accidentally kills a guest at a hotel she works at. The rest of the movie focuses on them dealing with it and trying to pay off a blackmailer.
This film provides examples of:
- As You Know: A whole series of them in succession about 9 minutes in.
- The Cynic: Shannon is not as optmistic as Martha and bluntly believes that Martha's ex girlfriend was simply using her and didn't want to settle down, and straight to boot. It turns out Shannon may be right as Martha spots Aleisha flirting with a man at a gym.
- Dysfunctional Family: The sisters do care for eachother but there is also problems they have to deal with.
- Heel Realization: Shannon eventually realizes the problems she has been causing and decides to turn herself in.
- Offscreen Breakup: Martha with someone called Aleisha.
- Straight Gay: Both Martha and Kelly. Neither of whom are butch but not so femmine that they would be classed as a Lipstick Lesbian.
