Casey Affleck plays Jim, the 27-year-old protagonist of Steve Buscemi’s deadpan comedy, an enthusiastic budding writer who moves to New York to launch his career and fails miserably.
After hitting rock bottom eking out a living as a dog walker, Jim is forced to return to his parents’ home in rural Indiana, and tries to figure out his future.
Lonesome Jim is the third feature film directed by Buscemi, whose 1996 movie, Trees Lounge, depicted a similar state of mixed ennui and creativity gripping the inhabitants of suburban America.