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(The real Bukowski suffered a tough childhood and Chinaski's family is only referenced to in a hilarious scene of steak and ass- you'll see what I mean…). In this case, we do because he's funny and because we get a tiny glimpse of background reasoning why this man is so talented and yet so flawed. Dillon has always been able to make the jerk likable. So why do we? It isn't just the looks or square jaw of the lead (Bukowski was the complete opposite) or his fantastic humorous charm but what lies beneath those eyes. From our introduction to Chinaski's routines of getting work and drinking then losing work and drinking to watching what is essentially a horrible man (his treatment of woman, his lack of respect for anything) we are never really meant to like him. (Hence some of the finance coming from Japan). It takes a Norwegian director, committed actors and a fantastic performance from Dillon to pull off a story that really is as much a Homage to Bukowski but also a bold attempt to deliver something different, a word not regularly accepted in today's Hollywood run industry. This is not your usual movie in terms of subject matter and execution. Lily Taylor and Marisa Tomei play two of Chinaski's bed-pals with equal sleaze and conviction. The film is spliced from various Bukowski writings and follows Chinaski (his alter-ego) around town as he drinks from job to job occasionally taking time to get fired and get laid.

From 'Over the Edge' in 1979, the award winning 'Drugstore Cowboy' and his recent role as the scarred cop in 'Crash', Dillon really has the ability to expose man's flaws and run to a bar with them. It really is no surprise that Hollywood's former pin-up embodies the part so well, as his perfected mix of sleaze and slack minded cool have made him the renowned actor he is. Henry Chinaski is made real by the always brilliant Matt Dillon. Bent Hamer directs in this brilliant and quirky tale of a man who walks through life doing odd-jobs to fund his booze, gambling and womanising habits. 'A man or woman of all work' is indeed what Matt Dillon is in this out-there adaptation of Bukowski stories.