From a deranged villain in Men in Black III to a science fiction author in Gentlemen Broncos, Jemaine Clement is known for playing characters beyond the absurd.
But the Flight of the Conchord star's new movie People Places Things might be his most straight forward movie role yet.
Clement plays deadbeat dad Will Henry in Jim Strouse's laidback comedy, which begins with Henry finding his wife in bed with his friend Gary.
The film follows Henry, a teacher and graphic novelist, trying to survive with his twin daughters. "I'm just having a bad life ... it'll be over eventually," he says in the trailer.
It doesn't hide Clement's New Zealand origins - at one point, Henry tells a dinner date: "I'm a sassy little Hobbit."
