"Welcome to LA, where everybody has an angle but nobody has a clue". This is the tagline of Larceny, an offbeat independent comedy, the sophomore directorial effort from filmmaker Irving Schwartz. The story takes Nick Peters, played by Blair Witch Project's Joshua Leonard, a mild-mannered guy who finds himself thrust into a madcap cross-country adventure after a case of mistaken identity. Nick finds himself from selling underwear in New York to hunting a murderer in Los Angeles. Before his bi-coastal journey ends, he encounters naked babes flouncing by poolside, pizzas crashing into car windows, a beautiful jogger who says "hi" by flipping him the bird, Death running by with a scythe, and a serial killer who insists on wearing baggy tights. So, grab a piece of the action in a town where everybody has an angle-and nobody has a clue. LArceNY costars Also starring Michael Lener (No Way Back, The Mod Squad), rapper-turned-actor Heavy D Myers (Big Trouble), Kate Jackson as Nick's mother,  Roselyn Sanchez (Rush Hour 2, Chasing Papi) and Tyra Banks (Halloween: Resurrection) who was the weakest and wasted of all the cast members. Andy Dick, Tyra Banks, and rapper-turned-actor Heavy D Myers

Larceny is a film that rehashes some very familiar comedic clichés about Los Angeles. Yet, despite its flaws, I enjoyed the film's quirky energy and willingness to be silly and bizarre. Joshua Leonard plays Nick, a young man who works in a mall and has no particular direction in life. When he takes an art class to impress the cute teacher, his complete lack of talent quickly exposes him. So, when his cousin Chris (Andy Dick) invites him to stay at his Beverly Hills mansion, he has nothing to lose. Nick finds all kinds of absurd and sometimes amusing adventures on the West Coast. The parodies of airhead wannabee actresses, hipsters who constantly talk on their cell phones and a life dominated by cars, cafes and parties has certainly been portrayed before (most notably perhaps in L.A. Story), but Larceny does have its moments and has a zany edge lacking in most mainstream films. A funny dark comedy with funny situations but the end is kind of forced. Joshua Leonard delivers a good performance and what a perfect actor like Andy Dick to play Chris...I don't think anyone else would of done a better job.

The rapper Heavy D is quite funny as Charlie, a playboy with no visible means of support. Cousin Chris turns out to be a nutcase who is convinced a serial killer is targeting him. Chris demands that Nick find the killer, which leads to all kinds of improbable scenarios. The running joke of the film is that the talent less Nick must pose as a famous New York artist and no one in the celebrity-crazed LA culture questions this. The story, such as it is, fizzles out at the end, with explanations that don't make sense when earlier scenes are recalled (of course, many films with much bigger budgets also have this shortcoming). Overall, Larceny is an entertaining film that would have been even better with a little more focus on the script. The cast also has Kate Jackson as Nick's mother and Bellamy Young as Kiki, a reporter who is a romantic interest for Nick.