[3] The film lacked a major release in Canada and abroad, and remained almost as a "curiosity" that a few fans and movie critics remembered fondly.
Paizs plays Steven Penny, a struggling screenwriter who lives above the garage of a suburban family, and begins typing each night from the moment the street lamp comes on.
Everything we learn about the character comes from Kim (Eva Kovacs), the family's daughter, who has a schoolgirl crush on him, as Penny never utters a word in the entire film.
When Steven Penny is brought into some shady deals, the film takes on more of a neo noir look and sound, inflected with surrealism.
"[5] He praised the first hour of the film but wrote that it fell apart in the final 20 minutes,[5] which provided part of the impetus for Paizs to reshoot the ending.