Miss Dial [HD]

A Charming and Incisive Winner!
The best romantic comedies (Pretty Woman, As Good As It Gets, Bull Durham, Knocked Up) often remind us that, not only do we need other people, but that they also better us. Miss Dial, David Steinberg's newest film, charmingly succeeds at doing the same. Steinberg, a master of raunchy, gross-out comedy (he wrote or co-wrote several of the American Pie films and the hilariously bawdy coming-of-age novel Last Stop This Town), has created a subtle, engaging, and relentlessly funny character study about the profitable, if painful, self-improvement occurring when the right person enters one's life.

Miss Dial is Erica (an outstanding Robinne Lee), a home-based consumer products customer service rep who (with a smiling, repressed contempt) fields calls from morons and weirdos befuddled by her company's usually self-explanatory products. After one moron too many, Erica takes a break from her caller queue and, attempting to call a friend, misdials an Afghanistan War vet in North...

Hysterical comedy abt connecting in a disconnected world
This movie is HYSTERICAL. I saw it at a screening in LA with a bunch of friends, and we were in the corner clutching our stomachs dying of laughter. Although this movie is definitely a romantic comedy, the underlying theme is about two people accidentally connecting in a disconnected world. The intimacy of their conversations is contrasted by a series of hilarious phone calls from people seeking customer service from the main character Erica. Through sharp, funny writing, and without being pedantic, this movie conveys the 21st century dilemma of having so many means of communicating but not being able to communicate at all (please describe your potato shredder). It is sad that this movie did not enjoy a wider theater release.

Everything a Romantic Comedy Should Be
I absolutely loved this movie. It was everything I would hope for from a Romantic Comedy. It was actually laugh out loud funny and incredibly touching without being cheesy. Not only are the two leads captivating, but all of the supporting characters are so fun! I literally wept at the end, which is a sure sign that this film is a success! Put on your p.j.'s, grab a glass of wine, and curl up with Miss Dial. You won't be disappointed.

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