That doesn't make him any better, he's just failing in a different way. Nul points.

(and many, many people in Real Life) go to great lengths to sustain the illusion of activity and productiveness.

And then, some people are active and productive. I don't know the film, but from your description of it, it's about a bunch of losers, in a fictional world from which every other possibility is excluded. Why should I take notice of anything in it?