Strangers with Candy

Strangers with Candy is the story of Jerri Blank (Amy Sedaris), a 46 year-old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life over, only to confront the most dangerous gang of all — the cool kids. When Jerri arrives at her childhood home she finds that her father Guy Blank (Dan Hedaya), now in a coma, has re-married and fathered a child, Derrick (Joseph Cross). Although mortified by her stepdaughter's return, his new wife, Sara Blank (Deborah Rush), begrudgingly allows Jerri to move in when the family doctor suggests that her presence might bring Guy out of his thirty-two-year coma.
STRANGERS WITH CANDY is a daring leap backwards, starring star comedienne and David Letterman favourite Amy Sedaris. A prequel to the critically acclaimed Comedy Central series of the same name. reuniting the cast and writers from the original series, Strangers With Candy world premiered in Sundance 2005.