This movie has 90s independent style written all over it. It's unmistakable. It's a black and white, grainy and naturalistic portrait of some characters out of their luck in the world of Hollywood movies, based exclusively on dialogues and performances. It's clearly inspired by "Clerks", Jarmusch's films, "Smoke" and ultimately by Cassavetes and Robert Altman. But even when it plays some familiar tunes, the result is quite good, with most of the actors and stories being engaging enough and the feeling that Whitaker (an actor that only directed this movie) put some personal truths in it.