Hardly anyone has a normal name, or lifestyle.

Dave, the sketchiest character, has the most normal moniker — everyone else has what sounds like a nickname: There’s Billy and Bones (maybe a nod to Gosling’s band?); there’s the girl next door, played by Saoirse Ronan, who’s called “Rat” after her pet of choice (who incidentally has the more standard person name of Nick); and there’s Bully and his maimed henchman Face (Torrey Wigfield). It’s all part of the dreaminess of the story, which is loose, barely there, and pauses for Bully to make pronouncements about how “the only way to live is like a bull” or for a threatening dance number from Dave.