What better way to start a film can you get than a Cake song? If Orange County can do it, why can't you? Well, in the case of Grassroots, it sets standards up way too high to meet, as Jason Biggs' newspaper journalist turned campaign manager to outspoken independent Joel David Moore attempts to help his friend move from ranting man on the street to man in office.

The two often bicker, as Moore is idealistic but irrational, and Biggs is focussed, but lacking the drive to aim higher and higher. As their interns, including Derrick Comedy's D.C. Pierson, get in trouble, and special interest parties, led by Colbie Smulders, believe having their name with such an irrational man would hurt more than help their cause.

The fact that the incumbent Moore is running against is charming, well-meaning (and as Lauren Ambrose's character often mentions, black) Cedric The Entertainer makes the push to gain votes harder. But, it's an underdog story, and that underdog does hit heights at some point.

Unfortunately, however, Biggs as a lead here isn't a selling point. A bland, ineffective protagonist with limited drive, and Moore's rather insane best friend certainly isn't the person audiences will latch on to. In fact, there's pretty much nothing in the film to care about. Lacking sufficient laughs, drama or interest, this film adapted from a book about these two men reminds us that not all of life is interesting enough to make great, or even mediocre, cinema. Grassroots does nothing for a fair amount of time before disappearing from the screen, and our minds. Completely superfluous, un-engaging and dull at times. There's simply nothing to it.