My Heart Is an Idiot (2010)

My Heart Is An Idiot is a documentary about love that spans two years and over a hundred cities The film captures Davy Rothbarts manic roadtripping lifestyle as he tours North America in a van promoting his magazine FOUND an annual collection of discarded and recovered notes letters photographs and ephemera Along the way Davy seeks advice on his tortured love life from a motley crew of characters including Zooey Deschanel Ira Glass Newt Gingrich and Davys mom and attempts to follow that advice with alternately comical and tragic results Like Shermans March doused in Makers Mark My Heart Is An Idiot is a cautionary kiss on the lips of Generation Irony When everyone has a strategy love is unbelievable