THE Additional MAN is a moving and sophisticated comedy by filmmakers Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. THE excess MAN follows Louis Ives (Paul Dano), a lonely dreamer who sees himself the protagonist of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. Every time a episode compels him to leave his job Louis heads to make a fresh start. He finds a 9to5 job at an environmental magazine, where he encounters an abysmal, green-obsessed co-worker Mary (Katie Holmes).