Anyone whose artistic dreams have ever eluded them will find much to appreciate in the micro-budgeted, improv-based drama "Goodbye Promise," a simple, richly emotional look at a failed actor's introspective last days in Hollywood.
"Being a good actor isn't enough in this town," rightly concludes Matt (Gregor Collins), a good-looking, 30-ish thespian who's spent much of the past decade struggling to make it. Thus, a week away from a self-prescribed, seven-year deadline for success — and with only a promising turn in an unfinished film and an elusive TV audition to hold him in L.A. — Matt opts to give up the ghost and return home to Washington, D.C. First, however, he must say goodbye to an eclectic array of actor friends plus an ex-flame (Sarah Prikryl), with each succinct encounter helping Matt reflect on his life-altering decision.
