FILM: Can Patrick Wilson be funny?

Patrick Wilson may have started his TV/film career seven years ago, but he's already starred in countless critically acclaimed films from "Angels in America" to Little Children--most of which have been thought provoking dramas. Now, he's finally decided to diversify his resume. First he'll co-star with Anne Hathaway in the horror/thriller Passengers, then he'll get christened by commercial media in the comic adaptation Watchmen.

But the most interesting new film on his roster is a comedy called Barry Munday. It's based on Frank Turner Hollon's novel Life Is a Strange Place, where a man-whore gets caught sleeping with a teenage girl and is almost bludgeoned to death by her father. When he wakes up in the hospital, he is relieved of ever having to worry about blue balls, since he's been castrated. The worst part of the entire ordeal is that he's suddenly realized that's he's this old, unlikeable, friendless loser who will never have children. It really is the worst time to have an epiphany. But then a miracle falls into his lap when an unattractive woman he has no recollection of ever sleeping with serves him with a paternity suit, and the opportunity of having a kid is re-presented to him. So will Barry evolve into the man/father he should be? I guess you could just read the book to find out or wait till later this year for some interesting visuals.