Lovely by Surprise plot
First, there is writer Marian (Carrie Preston), who is struggling with a serious writer's block. She feels that one of her characters is aware of his fictional status. Second, there are the brothers Humkin (Michael Chernus) and Mopekey (Dallas Roberts), the characters from Marian's book. The absurd world of these stunted man boys consists of a boat in the middle of an otherwise desolate landscape, where they subsist on milk and cereal and fight over the presents from the boxes. And finally, there's car salesman Bob (Reg Rogers), who is grappling with the recent death of his wife. Bob is quite lost.