Alison Brier, who plays Amber, holds the title of manager at Tuscan Grove, an Italian restaurant. The film states she's "run this place like a perfectly run ship" for "nine years," but we aren’t shown any evidence of her actually managing anything, regardless of how well or poorly it might be done. That feels like a missed opportunity because, as Roger Ebert observed, depicting real work is generally more engaging…

The film "Spin Me Round" aims for a quirky and bizarre tone, but it ends up crossing into territory where the awkwardness becomes tiresome. It's a case of something that seems like it could be amusingly silly, but the constant cringe factor wears thin. While the actors deliver strong performances—Alison Brie stands out particularly well—the script itself is disappointingly standard and hard to follow, preventing i…