There have been similar films about young men traveling home to find themselves of late, perhaps most successfully in a similarly themed vehicle, Garden State, but Buscemi's knack for drawing out well -
rounded eccentric characters that are believable allows Jim to work more often than not.
The essential
characters are
rounded out by Brendan Gleeson's dour sheriff, Oliver Platt's rich and
eccentric mythology buff, and Betty White as the colorful local little old lady with a secret or two.