Opposite him, Dern and Greer are terrific as his long-suffering foils. That Harrelson manages it is no mean feat. Harrelson is charming, but the script has Wilson veering from giddy to angry to cruel and back, which is a serious challenge for the actor to play consistently. And for the audience, it's not much better to be in his presence for the length of this 94-minute movie. There are very few characters in this film who can bear to be in the same room as Wilson, a man with no manners who has no idea that he is rubbing everyone the wrong way. So Wilson goes on a quest to find the now 17-year-old Claire (Isabella Amara), barging into her life in the hope of rescuing his own. Leaving Pepper with a neighbour (Judy Greer), Wilson tracks down his ex-wife Pippi (Laura Dern) and is shocked to learn that she gave birth to his daughter after they split up, giving the baby up for adoption. And when his father dies, he realises that he has no friends left aside from his dog Pepper. In his mind he's making the word a better place, but his life is a mess. He over-shares with strangers, complains constantly about everything and refuses to stop offering unwanted advice. Harrelson plays Wilson, a guy who can't resist saying whatever he thinks, even though it annoys pretty much anyone within earshot.
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