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| 3 | ''My Effortless Brilliance'' is a 2008 "mumblecore" comedy directed by Lynn Shelton and starring Basil Harris, Sean Nelson, Jeanette Maus, and Calvin Reeder. Eric Lambert Jones is an out-of-shape author who strikes it big with his first novel. He calls Dylan, a long estranged friend, to celebrate with Indian food. Dylan shows up with the food, calls Eric an asshole and a horrible friend, and leaves. Two years later, Eric tracks Dylan down in his remote Washington cabin and the two awkwardly explore the tattered remnants of their friendship against a background of woodsplitting, alcohol, and cougars. |
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| 6 | !!This film exhibits the following tropes: |
| 7 | * AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: It's left unclear as to whether Eric was an asshole before he made it big on his first book, but it's definitely indicated that he got worse. |
| 8 | * AlcoholInducedIdiocy: After a night of drinking, they decide to go hunting a cougar in the dead of night. |
| 9 | * CityMouse: Eric is definitely out of his element, although he generally has the sense to step back and let other people handle things he doesn't understand. |
| 10 | * RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic: Averted. The conversations between Dylan and Eric are rambling and often stop with awkward pauses as they try to figure out their next thing to say. |
| 11 | * ShaggyDogStory: At the beginning of the film, Dylan and Eric are estranged. By the end, they are... pretty much just as estranged. |
| 12 | * SnipeHunt: May or may not have been the point of the cougar hunt. |
| 13 | * TitleDrop: "My Effortless Brilliance" is the name of Eric's first book. |
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