Whiskey Sour is the debut feature film of writer and director Christopher Selby.
Cal Baker played by Sean Dillingham is a mild mannered man living and working in the city of Phoenix in Arizona.
Allthough he has a good home life and is on verge of a promotion at his job you cant help but feel like theres something missing and he cant put his finger on what it is.
Cals fortunes change when his old friend Joe (Richard O Ryan) gets in touch after a long stint away they agree to go for dinner at a restaurant and shared their favourite drinks: Whiskey.
What unfolds is a contemplative dialogue driven piece about regrets, the challenges of commitent, the nature of truth and the pros and cons of ranch dressing.
Whiskey Sour covers a demographic you dont see represented often in cinema anywhere in the world. Middle aged working class men.
The dialogue captures the rhythms of life and the anxieties and harsh truths we all carry but rarely wat to say out loud.
It was interesting watching the contrast between the introverted Cal to the charismatic Joe who walks into every room like he owns it effortlessly makes friends with everyone he meets and doesnt mince his words.
The film Reminds me of Alexander Paynes 'Sideways" or "Dinner With Andre" By Louis Malle except less pretensious.