INTERVIEWS
New Film Nation - 04.26.08
Rod Webber from New Film Nation enjoys a two minute brunch with MEB director Lynn Shelton.

Film Threat - 03.07.08
Each scene as well as the entire movie was mapped out emotionally though, ahead of time. We shot in order as much as we possible and would talk at length before we shot every scene.

spout.com - 02.28.08
My movie-making is now more relation-based than ever. Since the crew is so tiny, the experience is totally intimate and I think everyone feels pretty valued and engaged on set.  

REVIEWS
Beanywood - 04.22.08
I'd like to draw some special attention to My Effortless Brilliance. I watched it this past weekend, and can tell you I was transfixed. It's a riveting film...

Film Threat - 03.17.08
"My Effortless Brilliance" succeeds by having the simplest of framework to hang the performances on, and not deviating from that framework. Most improvised films don't know where they are going and, most often, don't know how to end. This film has a three-act structure, a discernible beginning, middle and end and... it's refreshing.

Hammer to Nail - 03.11.08
My Effortless Brilliance is a well-executed dissection of a particularly complicated male friendship. As is the case in the real world, relationships like Eric and Dylan’s aren’t as simple as three-strikes-and-you’re-out. There are too many factors that prevent a firm stance from ever being taken.

Filmmaker Magazine blog - 03.10.07
Shelton’s film is more than capable of standing on its own. It’s talkier, more comic in its intentions, and in Eric Lambert Jones, its unctuous, frizzy-haired, B-list literary novelist played by Harvey Danger singer Sean Nelson, My Effortless Brilliance has a unique and highly watchable protagonist.

spout.com - 03.09.08
For a film with virtually zero action, Shelton is able to create a sometimes remarkable volume of visual comedy...it’s a nicely rendered, novella-esque character study with some impressive naturalistic performances.

Rooftop Films - 03.07.08
The performances by Sean Nelson and Basil Harris seem deceptively casual and understated, but beneath the surface a very real tension exists between the two that simmers without ever erupting and exploding into a contrived denouement.

Toronta Screen Shots - 03.03.08
the script was a collaborative effort between the actors and the director. That is, if there actually was a script. The sense of improvisation is so strong and the film so gorgeously shot that you’ll feel like you’re tagging along on Eric’s weekend in the country.