

The Trouble with Bliss(2011)
"Find your bliss. Then follow it."
Overview
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.
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Michael C. Hall
Morris Bliss

Brie Larson
Stephanie Jouseski

Peter Fonda
Seymour Bliss

Glenn Kubota
Mr. Charlies

Lucy Liu
Andrea

Brad William Henke
Steven "Jetski" Jouseski

Chris Messina
NJ
Mary Goggin
Mrs. Cruxo
Melanie Torres
The Cindi

Sarah Shahi
Hattie Skunk / Hattie Rockworth

Josh Alscher
Torc

Liz Holtan
May

Kate Simses
Nancy
Dana Raja
Girl On Rollerblades
Scott Johnsen
George
Carl Villa Roman
Cab Driver

Rhea Perlman
Maria (uncredited)

Gameela Wright
Nadine (uncredited)

Christian Campbell
Walter Knotts (uncredited)

Monique Dupree
Customer (uncredited)
Curtz Jackson
Pizza Patron (uncredited)
Clayton Stocker Myers
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Randy Rosenbloom
Game Announcer (uncredited)
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