The Trouble With Bliss

35-year-old Morris Bliss is clamped in the jaws of New York City inertia: he wants to travel but has no money, he needs a job but has no prospects, he still shares an apartment with his widowed father, and the premature death of his mother has left him emotionally walled up. When he finds himself wrapped up in an awkward relationship with Stephanie, the 18-year-old daughter of a former classmate, Morris quickly discovers his static life unraveling and opening up in ways that are long overdue.

Cast

Michael C. Hall

as Morris Bliss

Brie Larson

as Stephanie Jouseski

Peter Fonda

as Seymour Bliss

Glenn Kubota

as Mr. Charlies

Lucy Liu

as Andrea

Brad William Henke

as Steven "Jetski" Jouseski

Chris Messina

as NJ

Mary Goggin

as Mrs. Cruxo

Melanie Torres

as The Cindi

Sarah Shahi

as Hattie Skunk / Hattie Rockworth

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