Co-written and directed by Jason Chaet in his feature directorial debut, it stars Jack Carpenter, Melanie Lynskey, John Pankow, and Susie Essman.

[1] For Walter Himmelstein, a young man known affectionately as Putzel, life doesn't stretch too far beyond the family business - a bagel and lox store in uptown Manhattan.

In attempting to sabotage their doomed liaison, Walter finds his world thrown chaotically off course and, after a lifetime of teasing from those around him, starts to recognize that he's more than merely a "putzel".

The film was shot on location in New York City's Upper West Side in 2011, with principal photography lasting 18 days.

[4] It was generally well received by critics, with The Washington Post comparing it to the works of Woody Allen, calling it "sharp" and "appealingly offbeat";[5] while Redefine's Allen Huang praised the "delightful" performances of Jack Carpenter and Melanie Lynskey, noting that their interactions were "deftly believable".