Themes: Faltering Friendships, Unrequited Love, Twentysomething Life
Main Cast: Jesse Bradford, Mia Kirshner, David Krumholtz, Adam Goldberg, Brad Rowe
Release Year: 2001
Country: US
Run Time: 94 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
A young man moves to Los Angeles to make something of himself -- but finds that such a task might take a little more work than he thought -- in this romantic comedy. According to Spencer stars Jesse Bradford as the titular Spencer, an ad agency mail room clerk just-arrived in L.A. and eager to make his presence felt. Renting a room in a run-down mansion, Spencer crosses paths with shady eccentrics Ezra (David Krumholtz) and Feldy (Adam Goldberg), aspiring porn filmmakers who convince him to make inroads as a commercial director -- with little success. But when Spencer serendipitously meets his childhood sweetheart Melora (Mia Kirshner), who's currently stuck in a go-nowhere relationship with the smarmy Craig (Brad Rowe), things begin to look up. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide
The film is centered on Spencer (Bradford), who moves to Los Angeles and (literally) runs into the girl he's been in love with since he was a child (Kirshner). Spencer is plagued by many obstacles in his new life: winning the girl of his dreams, finding success in his new job, and dealing with his two ambiguously-oriented roommates (Krumholtz and Goldberg), who are obsessed with making a pornographic film and submitting it to what they believe is a contest.
