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In this comedy, a misanthropic graduate student rails at the wretched world that refuses to publish his 3,000 page Ph.D. dissertation, "American Chaos: The Rotting Years." His wife, sick of his cynical tirades, leaves him; later his family and friends do all they can to ease his blues. When he begins experiencing ominous visions concerning his wife's safety, they help him save her. It is only after the two come back together that the man realizes that love is more fun than cynicism.