Bit parts, such as Tatjana Patitz 's turn in 1993's Rising Sun, or turns on reality shows such as Janice Dickinson 's season on VH1's TheSurrealLife, often fail to launch acting careers.
If the new film commits the sin of entertainment, it's redeemed by a sense of life's contradictions and distinguished by surreal flourishes that include a pair of iguanas, slithery witnesses to Terence's mania.