Paul Reiser co-wrote and stars in new film ‘The Problem with People’
Paul Reiser goes to battle with a distant relative in his latest film.
PEOPLE has the exclusive first trailer for Reiser’s The problem with people ahead of its world premiere at the Austin Film Festival on Saturday.
In the comedy, Reiser (67), who also wrote it, plays Barry, an American who is invited by his long-lost Irish cousin Ciáran (Colm Meaney) to visit their family in Ireland. Ciáran seeks this at the behest of his elderly father, who wants to reunite his extended family who moved to the US decades before.
When Barry arrives in Ireland, he is happily welcomed by his extended family—until Ciárn’s father dies suddenly and it is revealed that he has left Barry and his family property in Ireland.
Tensions rise as Barry finds out and decides to build a home near Ciáran’s, giving way to a family rivalry that spirals out of control.
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Poster ‘Problem with people’.
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“Two distant cousins who have never met – one in New York, the other in the smallest town that exists in Ireland – come together to finally put an end to a generations-long family feud,” reads the synopsis, which adds, “It doesn’t go well.”
The film is described as a “touching comedy about family, world peace… and sheep”.
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Paul Reiser and Colm Meaney in ‘The Problem with People’.
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In addition to Reiser and Meaney, the film also stars Jane Levy, Lucianne McEvoy and Des Keogh. Reiser co-wrote it with Wally Marzano-Lesnevich, an actor and screenwriter who previously wrote 2016’s Almost Paris. Chris Cottam directed the film.
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Colm Meaney and Paul Reiser in ‘The Problem with People’.
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The problem with people has its world premiere at the Austin Film Festival on Saturday and will also premiere at the DTLA Film Festival on Thursday.
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