The Big Empty (2003 film)
It stars Jon Favreau as a struggling actor with a bizarre request from his neighbor to deliver a suitcase that he cannot open.His neighbor Neely offers him $28K to take a gun and deliver a blue suitcase to "Cowboy" in Baker.In a diner the next day, Person meets Dan, who tells many strange tales and conspiracy theories about the desert.Cowboy pulls out a pair of size-11 bowling shoes from the bag and offers them to Person as a chance to join him to Paradise.Person, wearing size-11 shoes, rolls a ball down the alley; his eyes turn bright blue, too.[3][4] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review, saying it "Has a seductive easiness (which may not be for everyone, but it works), a laid-back yet ever-so-slightly portentous score and a wonderful sense of place."[5] Chuck Wilson of L.A. Weekly wrote: "More amiable than laugh-out-loud funny, the film pokes along, buoyed by the motel's bright Hawaiian color scheme, and a moonlit desert finale that's awfully pretty."[6] Robert Koehler of Variety wrote: ""Hobbled by uninspired stabs at cleverness and surreal narrative curlicues, The Big Empty goes nowhere, replete with a question mark of an ending that isn't worth answering.