Numb

Wow, wow, wow, wow.
OK, straight up I have to say this movie could have been a bit better but the performance of Matthew Perry in Numb was unbelievable.
Perry, best known as Chandler in Friends, plays Hudson, a screenwriter who suffers from a depersonalisation disorder.
He floats through life in a daze, feeling detatched from the world and from people. He spends his days sleeping, watching the 24 hour golf channel (because green is an appealing colour and people whisper all the time) and his idea of a buzz comes from shoplifting.
He sees therapist after therapist and gets nowhere. I found a scene where he is given a counter to number his negative thoughts (which he clicks many, many times) quite amusng and sad at the same time.
There looks like light at the end of the tunnel when he meets Sara, an attractive but odd woman and the only person Hudson feels remotely normal around.
His problem now is that he wants her to save him. But the only person who can save Hudson is himself.
Say what you like about Matthew Perry but he is just amazing in this movie and the voice overs give you insight into how he struggles with life. As I said, the movie overall could have been a shade better, there was a lot of potential there, but it was saved by a career best performance from Perry, head and shoulders above any other film role I have seen him in.
Had I seen this at the movies I'd give it about 7 out of 10, but as far as performance goes it's a 10. Brilliant.