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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - James Le Gros and Michael Shulman will star as an odd couple in "Sherman's Way," an indie comedy-drama set in California's Napa Valley. The story centers on an eccentric Olympic has-been (Le Gros) who prefers leisure to work and finds himself stuck with a rigid, pre-law Yale student (Shulman) who has no time for wasting time. Between skinny-dipping and stealing cars, they learn that balance is the key to finding love, getting the job and getting a life.

 

Enrico Colantoni ("Just Shoot Me," "Veronica Mars") and Lacey Chabert (“Party of Five,” “Mean Girls”) round out the cast. Craig Saavedra ("Rhapsody in Bloom") directs.  Le Gros recently starred in Showtime's terrorist drama "Sleeper Cell,” Chabert is famed for her role on "Party of Five," Shulman as Chabert’s love interest on the show.  Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
SHERMAN’S WAY (2008) USA
It’s a combination coming-of-age and buddy film. Wait! Don’t turn the page. Sherman’s Way, directed by Craig M. Saavedra from a screenplay by Thomas R. Nance, takes those old thematic chestnuts and whips up an entertaining comic confection. Sherman Black (Michael Shulman) is a Yale law student whose girlfriend dumps him  because he’s yawningly unadventurous. By happenstance he connects with a whimsical free spirit (OK, irresponsible guy) named Palmer (James LeGros) and a Napa wine country adventure in an old red MG roadster is assured.

On the way to emotional growth, Sherman is helped by a world-class chef, now an auto mechanic, who escaped from the rat race, and a perky young woman, of course. LeGros carries the show with an endearing and patient personality, and Brooke Nevin as love-interest Addy provides flirtatious, oddball charm. If Sherman can’t learn how to be a mensch with all these role models, he’s hopeless, and Shulman makes his transformation gradual and convincing.