The San Diego Film Critics Society is presenting a benefit screening of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival Jury Prize Award-nominated film Douchebag on Tuesday, October 19. Proceeds from this benefit go to the group’s educational fund for scholarships. Lead actors Andrew Dickler and Ben York Jones -- plus the filmmakers -- are planning to attend and to participate in a Q/A session at this event, which is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Landmark’s Hillcrest Cinemas. A ten-dollar per ticket donation is requested.

I haven’t seen Douchebag yet, but noted film critic Leonard Maltin calls it “smart, surprising and funny!” He claims Hollywood “could learn a few lessons from this indie sleeper.”

In Douchebag, two long estranged brothers embark on an eventful soul-searching trip before one of them gets married. Sam (Andrew Dickler) is a few days away from marrying Steph (Marguerite Moreau), a beautiful woman who’s madly in love with him. Things seem to be going well with just a few arrangements that need to be taken care of. But Steph can’t understand why Sam’s only brother Tom (Ben York Jones) is not coming to the wedding, so she decides to surprise Sam. How? By picking Tom up and driving him down for the event. This brings two brothers under the same roof for the first time in years, and they are sorely unprepared to deal with what drove them apart.

Because Tom has no date for the wedding, Sam takes him on a search to find his old flame. The problem? Tom hasn’t seen her since fifth grade!  This riotous road trip starts out as one kind of search and ends up as another even more important one.

(For more information about Douchebag, please go to www.douchebagmovie.com.)