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To me, this movie is perfection.

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

This movie has strange characters played by interesting choice of actors. It keeps you enthralled because you want to see how their persona's are involved in the main story. The main story follows a man named Franklin Franklin. (Not a typo) he has to deal with the body of his dead landlord sitting in his apartment. Franklin's character comes across to me as a simpleton. Every time Franklins neighbors ask if the has seen the landlord he just blatantly says that he's dead on the floor, but nobody delves further into the claim. They simply take it as sarcasm. Franklin gets a letter from his brother everyday and then the day came where a letter didn't. Franklin thinks about his time with his brother. It shows flashbacks of him and his brother infatuated with a self help author with claims of mental help. All in all, you should watch this movie. (I don't want to spoil it for anyone even though I put spoilers in the message) It was entertaining and has surprisingly tear jerking moments with great messages on life.

Great colors, great photography, good, but weird characters and 'uneventful events' mixed with a sort of separation-melancholia that is well-known to dwell in many apartment complexes. Yes, though I wasn't feeling lyrical about it, I was having good fun with this 'Small Apartments' and its inhabitants and visitors. It could have done with a little more edge and a little less melancholy perhaps. But then there's the ending which takes place while the dead character Bernard Franklin speaks to us by a tape that is labeled 'the answer'... I didn't like his 'enlightened' monologue one bit, as it is far too submissive to the powers that should not be, as it were. I tried to appreciate the sympathetic gist of it, but combined with the apathetic returns or freshly acquired states of the surviving characters (Franklin Franklin travels to a far away country with plenty of cash and tits - hooray!?), I failed to reach their destinations with them.Up until that ending I would have certainly deemed it worth a good 7 out of 10, now I can't go higher than a (big) 5.

If you relish the quirkiness of "Juno", "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" and "Little Miss Sunshine", then you have to see this movie. I won't go into the detail of the plot line as there are plenty of reviews on that already, but if you relish the out of the ordinary compared to the typical Hollywood fare, then watch this movie. You won't be disappointed. Very funny and at times, very touching. All the actors put in great performances and sometimes it's not about the big "stars" you can attract or how many explosions you can create. This movie is about the story, and the lives of the characters within the story.

I read the novel this film was based upon, back when it was a gift from the author, a family friend. I found myself mentally casting actors to play the amazingly quirky but identifiable characters. A great amount of time passed before "Small Apartments" found its way into the hands of a director who "got it".I have to say that it is difficult, for me, not to compare this work to that of Tarantino, if only for the raw emotional concept, quirky behaviors and "street view" filming process. However, the combination of Millis (who wrote both the novel and the screenplay) and Akerlund (the director) bring the dark side of everyday humanity into perfect view without glorifying the gore and violence so many filmmakers succumb to. The violence is acceptable, even necessary, as are the few sexual scenes that lend credence to the story and personalities that make up this labor of love. Tarantino's got absolutely nothing on these guys!The cast is, well... correct! I can't imagine anyone other than the "heavyweights" who breathe life into characters like Franklin Franklin (Matt Lucas), Burt Walnut (Billy Crystal) and Tommy Balls (Johnny Knoxville) but it doesn't stop there. You've got the talent of James Caan, Amanda Plummer, Juno Temple, Dolph Lundgren and veritable unknown, Scott Sheldon, who makes his few moments as Officer Smith a lasting impression. The casting list is mighty and recognizable, but these folks were drawn to the characters created by Millis and the vision of Akerlund, rather than a paycheck. There is a story, one that compels us to realize how little we understand one another in this all too short existence on the planet and lays bare our preconceptions and misconceptions of who we see and how we react and assign personal judgement. You don't need to be a "deep thinker" to get this film and that's the beauty of it.The old saying that "money can't buy happiness" is true and untrue... both are addressed in Small Apartments, however, it brings home the very real point that true happiness lives in our mind, however small or large!I was both eager and apprehensive about finally watching this film, especially knowing the author, screenplay writer and executive producer (Chris Millis) on a personal level... I'm so glad I gave in to eager! Bravo! This is a must see!