Marisa Coughlan

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Not quite funny, entertaining, or clever enough
Wishy Washy
FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY!
super troopers dvd
Am I saying "meow"?

Super Troopers
Starring: Christian Albrizio , Aria Alpert , Geoffrey Arend , Marisa Coughlan , and Brian Cox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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Eurotrip (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (Unrated Extended Edition)
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Beerfest (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Old School (Widescreen Unrated Edition)

ASIN: B00005JKMN
Release Date: 2002-08-06

Product Description

Captain O'Hagen (Brian Cox) tries in vain to control the imaginations and hormones of his bumbling team of five Vermont Highway Patrolmen. But when the opportunity to solve a real crime rolls their way, the formerly inept Super Troopers pounce into action to become highway heroes.

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Starring Jay Chandrasekhar, Erik Stolhanske, Steve Lemme, Kevin Heffernan, Paul Soter, Brian Lox, Daniel Von Bergen, Marisa Coughlan

Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar

Running time: 103 minutes

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Not quite funny, entertaining, or clever enough.......2007-06-05

Besides the opening and ending scenes, this movie is full of mediocre one-liners and wacky antics that just aren't funny enough to warrant an hour and a half of your life. That, along with the meaningless story line, leaves very little to redeem this movie. Don't waste your time unless this is your flavor of humor.

Wishy Washy .......2007-05-28

I rated this as "wishy washy" because I would never recommend this movie to someone who I didn't know had an affinity for gratuitous humor. However, I would definitely show the first fifteen minutes to anyone who enjoys spoof hilarity. The first fifteen are probably the most hilarious I have ever viewed. Even my husband, who might be considered more prudish than myself, enjoyed the initial part of this movie. It is too bad they couldn't keep it up. Instead they filled the movie with such humor to be had in a bad Adam Sandler film or Reno 911.

FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY!.......2007-05-14

I'm sorry......but I'm into REALLY funny movies, and this one takes the cake! There's more catch phrases and one-liners to use out of this movie than any other one I've ever watched. Its a GOTTA HAVE.

super troopers dvd.......2007-05-13

This is a great movie, but you might like to mention in future sales of dvd's that if it comes from the USA, it's unlikely to play on dvd players in other countries because of zoning restrictions on US dvds.
However, it will play on pcs and laptops, so all is not lost.

Am I saying "meow"?.......2007-04-17

One of the funniest and most quotable movies ever made. No exaggeration. If you like inappropriate humor, clever banter, and the F word, you'll love this movie. I will be embarassing my future grandchildren many decades from now by watching this movie as frequently as possible. It's that good.

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What crime have we committed to deserve this punishment?
Funniest Movie Of All Time
This movie was great
C'mon Folks, it isn't THAT bad, and it's Tom Green - what did you expect - Gone With The Wind?
Unfairly dumped on

Freddy Got Fingered
Starring: Drew Barrymore , R. Nelson Brown , Wendy Chmelauskas , Marisa Coughlan , and Jackson Davies
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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Stealing Harvard [Region 99]
Tom Green: Inside and Outside the Box
Road Trip (Unrated Edition)
The Tom Green Show - Subway Monkey Hour
Dude, Where's My Car?

ASIN: B00005NTOH
Release Date: 2001-10-23

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MTV's maniacal prankster, Tom Green, takes his surreal nonsense to the movies in Freddy Got Fingered. Playing a Portland, Oregon, goofball who dreams of becoming an animator, Green barely stitches together a rudimentary plot, but he does pile on the kind of agonizing nonsense that is his stock-in-trade: chewing through an umbilical cord, licking somebody's compound fracture, and presenting a sausage-and-keyboard contraption that surely would have delighted early-20th-century Dadaists. Predictably, Green loses something in the transition from television's freeform, microscopic glare to the more formal demands of cinema, and the result isn't pretty. The trouble is, this stuff is largely unsuitable for the broad scope of a movie and, in contrast to the guerrilla tactics of Green's TV show, is prefabricated for the lumbering process of filmmaking. That, in turn, diminishes the effectiveness of Green's grenade-throwing humor and makes Freddy Got Fingered something of a desperate experience. --Tom Keogh

Description

When 28-year old wannabe animator Gord Brody (Green) leaves the safety of his parents' home to make it big in Hollywood, all hell breaks loose... in hospital rooms, with paraplegic nymphos, in a cheese factory, with farm animals... and much more! Just whe

Customer Reviews:

What crime have we committed to deserve this punishment?.......2007-06-03

This is one of the worst movie I have ever seen! Tom Green should be ashamed of himself. If he had a single ounce of decency, he would refund everyone who saw the movie in theatres or bought the DVD. It greatly saddens me that I cannot give it zero stars but one will have to suffice. I have nothing against physical comedies but this one crosses the line. Please do yourself, your friends, and your family a favor by not buying this garbage.

Funniest Movie Of All Time.......2007-02-07

This is the funniest movie of all time. Purely genius in all its stupidity. Those who dislike it are uptight and their favorite TV Show is Friends.

Own this movie and just enjoy. THE ROCKETS BETTY!

This movie was great.......2007-02-06

I love Tom Green, and I think he is a brilliant man. The movie actually makes a lot more sense if you watch the commentary, which is a whole form of entertainment in itself. Apparently a lot of the scenes in the movie were based on real life events. This is one of my faves.

C'mon Folks, it isn't THAT bad, and it's Tom Green - what did you expect - Gone With The Wind?.......2007-01-15

Ok, I'm only writing this because I wound up popping this DVD into my player last night and watching it again. I bought this movie years ago after first seeing it and laughing like an imbecile pretty much throughout.

Yes, it's sick humor. No, it's not for everyone. But this IS Tom Green! I can't imagine what some of the people who reviewed this movie were expecting - Citizen Kane? C'MON PEOPLE!

There is precious little plot - just enough for each Tom Green site gag or gross out gag, which is basically what Tom Green does and is known for. Letting him direct this film, I can't imagine what people thought they'd see? Most people I know did not like this film, and a close friend of mine still will make fun of me for liking it, if I ever bring up the title, but so what?

If lowbrow humor, sight gags and gross out scenes make you chuckle, this film is for you. Also, great acting, as usual, from Rip Torn - he's hysterical.

Just remind yourself it's a Tom Green vehicle, and you're only watching it for the lowbrow humor, you'll be fine. If you sit down to watch a major movie production, yes, you'll be disappointed but I don't think that was even close to the aim of this movie.

Still ridiculously funny after all these years. The baby scene, the "Backwards Man" scene, and the sausage scene are absolutely inane, yet priceless.

Unfairly dumped on.......2006-09-21

I remember not being impressed seeing 'Freddy Got Fingered' back in 2001 when it was released in theatres - now close to a half-decade ago - but I also remember thinking "that wasn't NEARLY as bad as all those reviewers said it was". That opinion pretty much held up the other night, when I watched it for the first time since that initial viewing.

Without any question in my mind, the real reason to see 'Freddy' is for Rip Torn's performance as Green's father. His comedic expressions are, literally, gold, and being the realistic, angry counter-force to Green's manically cartoonish imbecile makes his emotional clouds of rage that much more hilarious. For example, Green is in the shower, unknowingly in scuba gear to his father. Like most of the events in the film, it begins with Torn playing it sincere, as if the situation were normal. In this particular scene he kindly jokes around, doing some trick to make the water in the shower hot to play with Green. When there is no reaction by Green, it quickly cuts to a brilliant shot of Torn seethingly kicking open the door to the bathroom. He then opens the shower, and sees Green in the scuba gear. His basic reaction to situations like this are almost always the same, but Torn plays them so perfectly, with hysterical nuance, that the scheme never gets old. Again, by playing the "what the $*#@ are you doing?" contrast to the absurdity of Green makes the situations that much funnier, and Green knows this as a director, and edits those particular scenes wonderfully, which presents some of the most funny, original comedic scenes I've seen in recent years. And, despite Torn's talented subtleties, they play off the situations to the most extreme effect; in the scuba scene, when Torn asks Green what the *%#)@ he's doing, Green gives him some moronic line about the soap being a treasure. Contrasting this absurd behavior, then, is Torn, who violently, ruthlessly throws Green out of the shower on to the floor, breaking the glass of the shower entirely. I think this dynamic works so well because Torn is one of those old-fashioned guys, impulsive and ready to act on his heated emotions, so naturally he abuses Green in a way that most of us are too passive-aggressive to go about doing.

Probably the other most successful element of the film, for me, is the musical score. It's basically one simple theme, awesomely satirical in its overt melodrama, that takes advantage of the underlying, ridiculous film it's paired up with. Somehow, it just gels the whole thing together, and in my opinion, gives a lot of the film's bits a sense of humor that they'd lack had its presence been missing.

Overall, though, the movie isn't anything truly special, and while I really do believe it's got moments of genius, there are just as many scenes that flop. Yet, I must say not once did I find myself bored or distracted, and I think that's because the sheer distinctness of 'Freddy' is utterly refreshing when such Hollywood RUBBISH, most which have the balls to call themselves 'comedies', are thrown at us. Green goes all out and does his own thing, and if you don't like it, you don't like it. If you do, you do. Though it's certainly not my favorite film of all time, if the debate ever comes up in some sort of social interaction, I'll stubbornly defend the 'thumbs up' stance, if only for the greater elements 'Freddy' does possess.

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Not quite funny, entertaining, or clever enough
Wishy Washy
FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY!
super troopers dvd
Am I saying "meow"?

Super Troopers
Starring: Christian Albrizio , Aria Alpert , Geoffrey Arend , Jay Chandrasekhar , and Marisa Coughlan
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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Eurotrip (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (Unrated Extended Edition)
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Beerfest (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Old School (Widescreen Unrated Edition)

ASIN: B0000AC8LX
Release Date: 2002-08-06

Description

Always looking for action, five over-enthusiastic, but under-stimulated Vermont State Troopers raise hell on the highway, keeping motorists anxiously looking in their rear view mirrors. Between an ongoing feud with the local cops over whose you-know-what is bigger and the state government wanting to shut them down, the Super Troopers find themselves patrolling the boundaries of good taste as they hilariously and unwittingly skid towards solving the crime of their lives.

Customer Reviews:

Not quite funny, entertaining, or clever enough.......2007-06-05

Wishy Washy .......2007-05-28

FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY!.......2007-05-14

super troopers dvd.......2007-05-13

Am I saying "meow"?.......2007-04-17

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GREAT ENTERTAINING MOVIE WITH THE WONDERFUL HELEN MIRREN!!!!!
Never quite accomplishes anything
Guilty Pleasure
"Paging Mrs. Tingle!"
Amusing, but doesn't quite live upto its potential.

Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Starring: Helen Mirren , Katie Holmes , Jeffrey Tambor , Barry Watson , and Marisa Coughlan
Director: Kevin Williamson
Manufacturer: Dimension
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Disturbing Behavior
Abandon
Gossip
The Faculty
The Gift

ASIN: B00002RB4P
Release Date: 1999-12-21

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The poster for Teaching Mrs. Tingle may feature young TV cuties Katie Holmes (Dawson's Creek), Marisa Coughlin (Wasteland), and Barry Watson (Seventh Heaven), but the real star is the actress playing the title character: Helen Mirren. Mirren plays a bitter, tyrannical teacher who, due to circumstantial evidence, believes goody two-shoes Holmes is guilty of cheating on her history final. Holmes, Coughlin, and Watson go to Mirren's home to convince her that there's been a misunderstanding, but Mirren refuses to listen. Terrified that this will ruin her chances to go to college, Holmes and her compatriots knock Mirren out and tie her to her bed. Unfortunately, they haven't any idea what to do next; when Mirren awakes, the situation becomes a battle of wits in which the teenagers are hopelessly outmatched. Coughlin and Watson are pretty to look at and Holmes has some genuine talent and a lot of charm, but Mirren--who's played Shakespeare on the stage and been in movies ranging from lurid and trashy (Caligula) to eerie and arty (The Comfort of Strangers) to lurid, trashy, eerie, and arty (The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover)--combines the cutting intelligence of Vanessa Redgrave, the steely will of Judi Dench, and a sensual energy that any young starlet would kill for. For fans of the British TV series Prime Suspect, in which Mirren plays the tough yet vulnerable Inspector Tennyson, this teen comedy-thriller is just an amusing footnote in Mirren's career; but if you've never been transfixed by this actress's mischievous sidelong glances, Teaching Mrs. Tingle might provide a good start. --Bret Fetzer

Description

Written and directed by Kevin Williamson (SCREAM, SCREAM 2, TV's DAWSON'S CREEK), TEACHING MRS. TINGLE is a cool, cutting-edge comedy starring Hollywood's hottest young talent! Leigh Ann Watson (Katie Holmes -- TV's DAWSON'S CREEK, GO, DISTURBING BEHAVIOR) is the brightest girl at Grandsboro High ... but her dreams of a much-needed college scholarship are sabotaged when her history teacher, the dreaded Mrs. Tingle (Helen Mirren -- CALENDAR GIRLS), falsely accuses her of cheating! Desperate to prove her innocence, Leigh Ann conspires with her friends Luke (Barry Watson -- SORORITY BOYS) and Jo Lynn on a scheme that will teach Mrs. Tingle a lesson of her own! Before they know it, however, their plan spins hilariously out of control ... and becomes an endless comedy of errors! Also featuring Vivica A. Fox (KILL BILL VOLUME 1) and Molly Ringwald (SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE) -- you're sure to delight in all the fun and thrills of this hip movie treat!

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GREAT ENTERTAINING MOVIE WITH THE WONDERFUL HELEN MIRREN!!!!!.......2006-10-02

This is a greatly entertaining movie about the teacher you love to hate ~ with the wonderful and extremely talented Brittish actress Helen Mirren. It has a surprise ending too ~ to add to your viewing enjoyment. It is a must see ~ so buy it ~ you will not be disappointed!!!!!!

Never quite accomplishes anything.......2006-08-05

This teen flick tries to be hip, tries to be suspenseful, and tries to be meaningful but never really attains any of these goals. When three young people kidnap their domineering teacher, the stakes could potentially be huge and traumatic, or just a lot of fun,but the screenwriter pulls back anytime viewers might start to care what happens, or might start to enjoy themselves.

In the Scream films, at any rate, the stakes were huge: Life or Death. In this film, thought they try to make you think the kids academic and career futures are at stake, it never quite rings true. Nor do any of the characters--who are all cliched and unlikeable. The scariest thing in the film (besides the whole premise) is the facile way they handle teen sex as just a consequenceless, "fun" thing. ONe of the characters loses her virginity to a guy her best friend likes and its handled as if she'd eaten the friend's last donut--a little annoying but no big deal. I'm not a prude, but this just seems wrong to me.

Hope they paid Mirren a lot to be in this film because it's a low point in her career as far as I'm concerned. Nothing could be lower in Katie Holmes' career than marrying Tom Cruise, so this may be a high point in her life.

Guilty Pleasure.......2006-08-03

Like Justin Timberlake, 'Teaching Mrs. Tingle' is a major guilty pleasure. It's not a great movie, but it's fun, smart and sassy and it has enough going for it to overshadow it's faults. The story follows Leanne (Holmes) as she struggles to make valedictorian so she can get her scholarship and get out of the small town rut she finds herself. The only problem is her history teacher Mrs. Tingle (Mirren) who fancies herself at ruining Leanne's life. When she accuses Leanne of cheating of her history final things spiral out of control and Leanne, along with her boisterous, somewhat ditzy friend Jo Lynn (Coughlin) and the school pretty boy/bad boy Luke (Watson) take matters into their own hands by kidnapping Tingle. There's just one problem. What do they do with her now? The movie is funny and smart and while not perfect it's enjoyable and complete entertainment from start to finish, with true talent like Holmes and Mirren chewing up their lines and Watson and Coughlin looking good while they let the pro's do the work (not to say that Holmes is a 'pro' but I have to admit that she is talented). I personally find this to be a film I can watch again and again and it always retains its fun factor.

"Paging Mrs. Tingle!".......2006-05-22

While attempting to pound out reviews on Straw Dogs and Santa Sangre, a friend of mine lent me Teaching Mrs. Tingle which in comparison felt as light and fluffy as a down comforter. Here I was sweating bullets over two agonizingly lofty and intense pictures that require near perfection before a review could be deemed worthy of appearing in a public arena, and now I had at my fingertips a subject that I could easily discribe in simplistic terms of what works and what does not, needless to say, I decided to give my limited brain cells a rest and leave those two monstrosities in a couple of chaotic piles on the back burner.

Teaching Mrs. Tingle is a comedy that bases its humor on the familiar comedic elements of paying off long running gags, and exaggerating normality. Kattie Holmes has a long running gag about not getting the meaning of the word "ironic" right untill the closing moments of the film when she pays off the gag by teaching Mrs. Tingle what irony feels like, not that this gag is particularly funny but it does give the story a conveniently contrived conclusion. Marisa Coughlan's long running gag is that Mrs. Tingle can see right through all her acting attempts which is her characters life ambition, this gag also pays off at the conclusion of the film in a similarly contrived manner when she finally fools Mrs. Tingle with her acting ability. The problem is that this film has long since lost any of its funniness due to several plot twists that end up turning this comedy into a psycho thriller.

The best thing about Teaching Mrs. Tingle is Mrs. Tingle. The stylistic choice to exaggerate her character into the evilest teacher in the history of high schools is by far the most engrossing element in the whole film. Helen Mirren plays Mrs. Tingle, a role that recalls her days as Morgana in John Boormans Excalibur. Like Excalibur she is pretty much playing a mythological character, quite possibly Medusa. Her first introduction to the viewer is from the neck down as she briskly walks through the center of campus hallway in her severely buttoned down dark bussiness suit which looks like the attire of a modern day wicked witch. In a scene reminiscent of the running of the bulls in Pamplona Spain, or the parting of the Red Sea, the students and faculty members alike scatter from her path in total fright in a nice build up her insurmountably evil persona. Later in class she destroys her students ridiculously elaborite assignments and shakey psyches with her razor sharp mind and acid tongue as she floats in front of her students like some manevolent crocodile salivating for the next tender morsel to expose its weakness to her.

Playing the role of a sinister beast as opposed to just another straight person already places Helen Mirren at a huge advantage for stealing the attention away from the rest of the cast, but this disparity is all the more magnified by her incredibly powerful film presence which dwarfs the acting ability of her youthful counterparts. It is also interesting to notice the degree in which she separates herself from her hot young co-stars in the area of sex appeal. This is no small feat concidering that she was 53 during the filming of this movie, and is basicly playing a monster. Yet dispite these character and age drawbacks, and dispite not taking part in the films love triangle she still grossly overpowers her nubile co-stars with her sultry sensuality.

The real problem with this movie is that writer director Kevin Williamson made a poor choice to tie the films best feature to a bedpost and leave her there motionless for most of the film. To fill in the missing action, the story had to slither into its side stories which unfortunately revolve around tedious adolescent dramas. I guess he made a choice to do a humorous parody on the Exorcist, yet this very choice placed the film on an endless downward trajectory, it peters out, flatlines, and once it does it never recovers. It creates an maddening film experiance in that it starts off so promising only to lose all its bubbles and go flat. By the end of the film I no longer felt like I was watching something funny, in fact, while watching two of the principle characters violently tumble down a flight of stairs in slow motion, I was suddenly reminded of my review of Straw Dogs which I placed aside because of the scary feelings it gave me. Somehow I do not associate seeing a painful Peckenpah like action sequence with a fun highschool comedy, and I can't help feeling like Kevin Williamson wanted to do far too much with this idea and in the process made it so that none of it worked.

Ultimately this film might make an okay rentail if you are really really bored and have nothing better that you want to do, but ownership is out of the question, dispite how nice it was to see Helen Mirren play such a dynamic character. In keeping with the theme of irony, the true irony is that the choice to make a comedic Exorcist homage at all cost is ultimately what killed all the fun, now thats ironic.

Amusing, but doesn't quite live upto its potential........2006-05-18

Teaching Mrs. Tingle (Kevin Williamson, 1999)

I avoided this film for years despite my fanboyish obsession with Helen Mirren simply because it was written and directed by the awful Kevin Williamson. I finally decided to get around to seeing it, and I discovered, much to my surprise, that Kevin Williamson is not really all that awful. (I am now faced with the idea that Craven and Williamson's collaborations are bad because of Craven and not Williamson, which is a truly depressing idea.) Teaching Mrs. Tingle is at least smart and funny, if predictable and cliched.

Eve Tingle (Mirren) is the history teacher from hell, a tyrant whose class is the one that keeps just about everyone from getting uniformly good grades. Thanks to a series of events that could only happen in Hollywood, good girl Leigh Ann Watson (Dawson's Creek's Katie Holmes) is discovered with the answers to Mrs. Tingle's final exam in her bag. With her best friend Jo Lynn (Pumpkin's Marisa Coughlan) and Luke (Seventh Heaven's Barry Watson), who was responsible for the whole mess in the first place, Leigh Ann goes over to Mrs. Tingle's house to plead her case. Things spiral out of control, and the three teens find themselves locked in a battle of wits with the teacher.

There has been a great deal made over the title's changing from Killing Mrs. Tingle being thanks to Columbine; did no one notice the incredible similarities to the 1997 TV movie Killing Mr. Griffin? Eh, guess not. In any case, you get pretty much what you came for. Jo Lynn is all too stereotypical. Luke is a tad more three-dimensional, but of the three teens, only Leigh Ann is drawn with anything akin to depth. Eve Tingle is the movie's best creation, but much of her depth is shown to the viewer and then made to disappear.

Despite the movie's weak characterization and derivative plot, it is at least amusing and decently-paced, which accounts for some of its watchability. You won't find classic film here, by any means, but not a bad way to kill an hour and a half or so if you enjoy staring rapturously at Helen Mirren. ** ½

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WOW I DUG THIS MOVIE A LOT
Good movie-Nast language
The Lowdown
Someone got it right

Pumpkin
Starring: Christina Ricci , Hank Harris , Brenda Blethyn , Dominique Swain , and Marisa Coughlan
Director: Adam Larson Broder , and Anthony Abrams
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
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Miranda
Prozac Nation
Anything Else
The Opposite of Sex
Tart

ASIN: B00005JLD1
Release Date: 2002-11-05

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Pumpkin scores bonus points for risk-taking satire, but it's the right movie made by the wrong people. Despite an able assist from star and coproducer Christina Ricci, first-time codirectors (and USC film-school graduates) Anthony Abrams and Adam Larson Broder lack the delicate touch required to pull off a comedic romance between an idealistic sorority girl (Ricci) and the semi-retarded, physically challenged boy nicknamed Pumpkin (Hank Harris) whom she's paired with as part of her sorority's image-boosting charity campaign. The movie boldly addresses the taboos and condescension typically applied toward the disabled in movies and hits its satirical targets (social elitism, campus hypocrisy) while undermining the "Jerry's Kids" stereotype of so-called "special" people. It's a valiant effort, but the strengths of Pumpkin are overwhelmed by its ineptitude, with poor character development, choppy plotting, and rampant inconsistencies. Its many flaws aside, Pumpkin deserves credit for trying something new, difficult, and altogether challenging. --Jeff Shannon

Description

Silly, sweet, farcical and subversive, Pumpkin pushes the boundaries of teen melodrama to anabsurd pitch, resulting in a film that is bracing, hilariously funny, and quite often, and in unexpected ways, touching (A.O. Scott, The New York Times)! Sexy Carolyn McDuffy (Christina Ricci) has a perfect lifea good family, a top sorority and a hot boyfrienduntil she meets the not-so-perfect Pumpkin, (Hank Harris), a challenged discus thrower who touches her soul and turns her life upside down. Suddenly smitten, Carolyn finds herself embroiled in a culture clash that will make you laugh with humor, with recognition and with disbelief (Roger Ebert) as you follow her hysterical journey from popular insider'to ostracized outcast!

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Are the previous reviews JOKING?.......2007-04-15

To give this movie any rating better than among the top ten worst-made movies ever, yeah, EVER, you'd have to be way more brain-crippled than Pumpkin (one of the main characters). I have to believe, in order to keep going with my life, that this movie was MEANT to be as it is.

The acting is so melodramatically amateur you'd just about have to DIRECT for it to acheive such terrible performances. The reaction of the stock character-refinedly-thuggish poetry teacher when Caroline drives off is like no other on-screen reaction you'll ever experience.

There are so many pricelessly terrible one-liners in this film that you could make a book off of it entitled "Terrible Quotes That Are Terrible."

Once you've subjected yourself to the first few seconds of torture, you're drawn into this catastrophic film like, yes, the over-used cliche of staring at an aweful car accident. Watch it, love it, find the sound track if you ever wish to torture yourself further (although the inappropriate screen-to-song arrangements help in fully showcasing the sountrack's absurdness). I want the part of my life back that it took to watch this film. Do yourself a favor - make better use of your given time slot and learn to withstand water torture or bamboo shoots up the fingernails - at least those would be good stories for the grandkids.

Don't get me wrong - I know there's a slot for reflective, thoughful movies and that there are also enough silly moviewatchers to think that this is one of them, but it's not. It's not not not. Think of my brilliance which you should have further considered if you ever choose to subject yourself to this Monster (should have been the name of THIS Christina Ricci film).

WOW I DUG THIS MOVIE A LOT.......2007-03-14

If you like something off the wall,maybe Pumpkin is for you. I was very surprised watching this film and that doesn't happen often. The Dvd is a good transfer and I am happy to own this film!

Good movie-Nast language.......2007-03-13

I saw this movie on TV and evidentally it was edited. I have an autistic grandson who loves the girl actress in this movie so I ordered it for him. Well, needless to say, for a movie for young people, this one was trashed because every other word was a slang word...the 4 letter kind! It was so appauling that the swearing took away from the movie. The story itself is wonderful. I was so dissappointed.

The Lowdown.......2006-11-05

If you look for movies that are reflective of real life, maybe you won't like this. Or if you harbor intense guilt/dislike/shame towards handicapped people. But if you watch movies because you like to stretch reality, stretch your mind, and use your imagination, then I would recommend Pumpkin. I bought it after seeing it only one time, but I thought the characters were a great study on relationships, stereotypes, and social norms. No, it is not always realistic- hence it is a movie. The characters and their reactions to their environment are all exaggerated. My only issue is that I felt it could use a little more editing. It stretched out a little too long- I kept thinking it was going to end but didn't. So if you are feeling open and enjoyed movies like Ghost World, or anything with a slightly darker humor, give it a chance. You'll probably like it.

Someone got it right.......2006-10-26

Wow. What a mix of perceptions and opinions from all reviewers. Read other reviews for plot details.

SPOILER. I think that the reviewer J. F. Rick got it right with a possible explanation of the filmmaker's methods: "My interpretation is simple: Carolyn succeeds at suicide. The rest of the movie, after the suicide attempt, is simply her imagined happy ending as she slips into the beyond."

Makes sense. I'm satisfied with that insight about the movies uneven and ludicrous 2nd half. A lot of it is a metaphor and dream exaggeration.

Obviously this movie is not for everyone. I would not rank it a "must see," but I enjoyed it when my other options were limited.

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Enjoyable Trash
This movie is great!!!
plot holes
worth seeing, provided...
Four stars for four fifths of the film.

Gossip
Starring: James Marsden , Lena Headey , Norman Reedus , Kate Hudson , and Eric Bogosian
Director: Davis Guggenheim
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ASIN: B00004YA67
Release Date: 2000-10-31

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Gossip is one of a spate of movies that owe a lot to Cruel Intentions. This time it's rich kids in college, but other than that Gossip stays well within the beautiful-young-people-doing-awful-things-to-each other formula. Lena Heady plays Jones, obviously the Smart Girl because she is briefly seen wearing glasses. Jones hangs out with Arty Guy Travis and Handsome Rich Guy Derrick, who finances their adventures and has a little bit of a lying habit. The three are all in the same journalism class (acidic monologist Eric Bogosian plays the acidic professor) and decide to start and track a rumor for their term papers. They pick rich and beautiful couple Beau and Naomi (Joshua Jackson and Kate Hudson) as the focus of the rumor, and before you know it their juicy story starts spinning out of control into ugly territory and a truly ludicrous climax. There are attempts at making sledgehammer points about the slippery task of finding Truth, but mostly Gossip is about the guilty pleasure of watching pretty young actors be mean to each other. You'll hate yourself in the morning, but watch it anyway. --Ali Davis

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College jounalism students plant a trashy rumor about a celibate co-ed, planning to track how the story changes as it burns through the university. But what the students never imagine is that the savagely mutating tale will turn against them.DVD Features:
Alternate endings
Audio Commentary:Commentary by D. Guggenheim, J. Mardsen
Deleted Scenes:Deleted Scenes - 11:07
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Other:Travis's gossip Interviews "Grab Bag"
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Enjoyable Trash.......2007-03-26

Gossip is far from a masterpiece, but is good, trashy fun, as long as you don't take it very seriously. The film, about some sleazy and wholly unbelievable goings-on at a college, is shot like an advertisement, and has a lot of gorgeous actors and actresses (Kate Hudson, the lovely Lena Headey -it's a pity she's not more famous) and the ending is unconvincing, but if you accept the whole artificiality of the concept, you will enjoy it as much as I did.

This movie is great!!!.......2006-08-31

I loved the cast in this movie, I am huge Kate Hudson fan.What makes the movie great is the moral which is, if the gossip gets too visious, then something like______ could happen 9If i told you what _______ was, then I'd be wrecking the not only the twist, but ironically enough, the moral itself. Worth a glance...

plot holes.......2006-02-14

The first half hour of this 90 minute movie is actually quite good. In fact, it is enthralling and has an interesting twist in that we don't know the real fact behind whether a young woman was violated by her boyfriend while unconscious. According to the rumor (the rumor being a school experiment conducted by three roommates) she was, however, but we the audience don't know that. However, the young woman is quick to think she has been raped. Why there is no attempt at a physical exam, is unexplained, especially since the young woman involved has the reputation of being a professional virgin, however it turns out she isn't, so that's why the movie lasts longer than 30 minutes. Fortunately, we're not dealing with unwanted pregnancies, either, so this doesn't turn into a soap opera. However, we do have the dreamboat "hero" who dreams up the rumor about her being raped, and who exhibits unlikeable traits throughout. But that's true of the three leads - the roommates are all unlikeable, being insufferably full of themselves. The last half of the film, 'dreamboat' takes the turn as lead character, and it's his story we're following, whereas his female roommate had the first half of the film, and basically it's her introduction to the audience of all the characters. Turns out 'dreamboat' and the young woman victim have a history together; which means issues they have to work out, and everyone else (in a way, the entire student body and its faculty and local law enforcement) is sucked into their story and mutual thirst for truth, though the characters don't have the same truth in mind - it's about vengeance; not justice. And vengeance when it's not the comic book variety, isn't fun for an audience, it's just distasteful. In other words, the man and woman should have been shut up together in a room so they could have worked it out for themselves, and left the rest of us alone. So from a brilliant first half-hour - and btw how does the roommate penniless art student have the dollars for all that tech equipment? - we degenerate into a constantly weaving pattern of lies and deceptions that seems more pointless than clever. There is merely too much story, so it becomes ridiculous. A basically good premise is ruined. If you are a fan of any of the stars involved, it might be worth viewing, if only once, but the film as a whole will probably leave a vile taste in your mouth. Perhaps that's the ultimate message on a film about the dangers of spreading GOSSIP, or in this case deliberate lies, is that what goes around comes around, and also it will leave you feeling sick to your stomach. I almost recommend you watch the first 30-45 min then quit midway, but anyone will watch all the way thru at least once, just to be sure where this is headed.

worth seeing, provided..........2006-02-02

First of all, this is not a teenage movie, it is a movie for grown-ups. Teenagers will neither understand nor appreciate this film. The opening scenes are like Dante's circles of hell rather than scenes of a cool place.

Second, fans of Marsden will hate this movie. Marsden plays a bad guy in this. A lot of films recently have a main character who is obnoxious for 85 minutes, then miraculously turns into a good guy. In this movie, the bad buy remains bad throughout. This fact accounts for virtually all of the bad reviews below. Fans wanted Marsden to turn into a good guy. He doesn't. That does not mean the ending is wrong.

For grownups who are not fans, this movie is worth seeing. The main character is the Lena Headey character, who is quite sympathetic. I would have given the movie 4 stars except for one scene in which she gives herself to the Marsden character. This was not only repulsive but seemed out of character. Luckily, only the beginning is shown before the scene cuts. If you can stomach this scene or fast-forward over it, you'll have a four-star movie. (The other scene in which the girl throws up when she tries to have sex with the Marsden character seemed much more appropriate.)

This is a movie about people's beliefs and what happens when people form opinions based on hearsay rather than on evidence. In this case, the hearsay is gossip. In other cases, it's radio and TV talk shows, or magazine and newspaper articles. Relying on the fact that other people have reached the same conclusion is a poor substitute for evidence.

In this story, the victims turn and avenge themselves on the perpetrator. If you prefer to see the bad guys triumph, then this movie is not for you. But for many people, the ending will be most gratifying.

Four stars for four fifths of the film. .......2005-04-23

Great up until the end. Even the end, indeed was very good, huge twist, massive climax; but the writers were blinded by their own prejudices, and wrote it wrong.

Basically, the script was fine, except for who had the lines. If you have the last fifteen minutes of the film, with Derrick and Beau reading each other's lines; the film makes moral and physical sense. It sticks to the point, that gossip is dangerous, and also, bad. And also, you'd have an ironic enlightening enlightenment at the end, what with Cathy and Travis being forced to come forward, and fight through an image of hypocracy that would be forced upon them, due to their actions.

The writers could then have ended the film with a whole righting of wrongs, especially the wrongs of the past. Seeing as the film was largely about digging up the secret past, to discover the truth that is affecting the present, it would have been fitting that the past could have been laid to rest. As the ending currently stands, Cathy and Travis seem to get off scot free, appearing to be angels, while the Truth of the past is still uncertain, as is that of the present, Derrick takes the fall for the second time, although it's not clear if this is or not, simply his second victimisation, and Beau, and Joshua Jackson go unchecked to the finale, maintaining the victim status that, at the outset of the film, is set up to be questioned, due to the character of their characters.

All in all, fantastic characters, fantastic direction, fantastic locations, shots, music, art, fan-bloody-tastic.

But the writers ballsed up the script!!!

Meh, no matter, whenever I watch the film, I just pretend that all the emotion is the same, but that it's all the other way round.

Sort of like watching Cruel Intentions, which is all about INTENTIONS, and feeling cheated when Sebastian gets hit by a car. HIT BY A CAR. WHY OH WHY wasn't he MURDERED? THAT WOULD HAVE MADE SENSE. Murdered by anyone, Kathryn, the black dude, the mother of Cecile. Hit by a car is bloody lame, and pointless, completely devoid of INTENTION of any kind. And that's the way Gossip went.

Anyway, for those of you who don't mind having to stop watching cruel intentions just before Sebastian is killed, you won't mind having to imagine the ending to Gossip in a different way.

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What exactly is the plot here???
Ya'll peep is crazy
Ennui would be a kind descriptor
It had potential; I'll give it that
I don't know about this one

I Love Your Work
Starring: Marisa Coughlan , Judy Greer , Shalom Harlow , Jared Harris , and Joshua Jackson
Director: Adam Goldberg
Manufacturer: Velocity / Thinkfilm
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ASIN: B000E1NXKO
Release Date: 2006-03-28

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Filmed like an art-house project, I Love Your Work offers thoughtful insight to fame from both the celebrity's and the fan's points of view. When you're a celebrity, every fan is a potential stalker. Or at least that's how movie star Gray Evans (Giovanni Ribisi) sees it. An A-list actor married to a sex symbol, Gray wants to see things clearly in black and white. But his world is a cloudy haze of gray. Are his flashbacks of a comely girlfriend (Christina Ricci) hallucinations or memories of a simpler, happier time? Are his encounters with a stoic fan (Jason Lee) the prelude to his demise, or the manifestation of his paranoia? Director Adam Goldberg doesn't make this clear, but that's also clearly his intent. The drama offers a charismatic performance by Franka Potente (Run Lola Run, The Bourne Identity) as Gray's frustrated wife. But Ribisi--at his twitchiest--is an unconvincing movie star, appearing more like a run-down wannabe than a full-fledged insider. I Love Your Work? Not so much. --Jae-Ha Kim

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Movie star Gray Evans (Giovanni Ribisi) is at the top of his game: a seemingly endless supply of money, celebrity friends (Vince Vaughn), parties, a beautiful wife (Franka Potente)…and his name and image, known all around the world. But with fame and fortune comes attention, and not always the kind that is wanted. Convinced that the `chance' encounters that he has been having with his fans are not really coincidental, he looks to his bodyguard (Jared Harris) and a video store clerk (Joshua Jackson) for help - despite the protests of those around him. Is he truly paranoid, as they suggest? Or are they motivated by jealousy and spite? Has he found himself in the crosshairs of an obsessed fan…or is it someone much closer to him? Will one of the top movie stars in the world be able to survive, when he doesn't even know who - or what- he is up against?

Customer Reviews:

What exactly is the plot here???.......2007-04-02

This movie was painful to watch at times. The main guy seems pretty cool, but his wife in the movie is, well.. it's just unbelievable that she's supposed to be a movie star's wife - she's flat chested and has a big butt, not to mention ugly. And she's really annoying and has some BS accent. The sound levels are totally screwed up - channels aren't mixed right, I found myself straining to hear one minute, and then blasted with sound the next, esp when when music was mixed in. I felt like I was on a miracle ear commercial asking my wife "what did he just say?" And I have otherwise perfect hearing. Overall the "film" is totally shallow and a strained effort to make a clever movie with alot of pretentious B-movie grade ideas. It would be like what would happen if a 5th grader whose father is a bigtime director wrote a script and his father directed and cast it. It's just dumb and poorly executed with good acting and decent cinematography. Did I mention how bad the sound was?? It's very rare that I stop watching a movie partway through, as the last movie that I stopped watching partway through was 'The Man' with Samuel L Jackson, to give you an idea of how high my tolerance for pain really is. And whoo-hoo, people do drugs in the movie!! Wow!! I've never seen anyone do drugs before, and something like that just blows away the average 13 year old from Provo. So totally cutting edge with the drug scenes...and there's boobs, too!! Yee-ha!! Boobs!! I gave it 2 stars b/c the acting is OK and Elvis Costello made a cameo.

Ya'll peep is crazy.......2007-02-23

This was one of the best movie I've seen all year. Guliana Rabissi (sp?) is PHENOMINAL. People giving this movie low ratings must not understand the complex, multi-demintional plot. The acting is excellent, the cinematography is capticating. I rarely purchase DVD's, but I bought this one because of how much it touched me. It's a remarkable piece of art.

Ennui would be a kind descriptor.......2006-11-08

Clocking in at just under two hours, I LOVE YOUR WORK leaves the viewer feeling as though from the opening sequence that stones have been tied to your feet and your body thrown into the very deep and dank water to slowly settle into the mud at the bottom. Sound dreary? Then avoid this little mess of a film.

It is hard to believe that Adrian Butchart who is giving us the radiant GOAL! THE DREAM BEGINS trilogy could help write this script: one wonders if writer/director Adam Goldberg didn't just bring him in for help. The story is tired (small time guy gives up love for a career as a movie star with all the accessories of money, fame, celeb status, gorgeous wife, etc. only to find life in its simpler fashion was preferable) and the choices of casting this very dark and dreary tale are inappropriate. Giovanni Ribisi, superb an actor though he most assuredly is, simply is not credible as a movie star sex symbol whose stardom is accompanied by alcoholism, self hate, paranoia, fragmented thinking, and bad decisions. The only time we see anything vaguely suggestive of his ability to create a role is in the many flashback scenes (with girlfriend Christina Ricci): his on screen chemistry with his famous wife Mia (the enormously talented Franka Potente who here is wasted in a mannequin's role) is nil, and his interplay with such actors as Vince Vaughn, Marisa Coughlan, Judy Greer, Shalom Harlow, Joshua Jackson, Jason Lee, and Elvis Costello is unilateral.

Goldberg films this boring redundant tale using all manner of artsy camera tricks that only serve to make the tedium increase. With a cast like this the product had promise. Goldberg needs some time to think about this phase of his career. Grady Harp, November 06

It had potential; I'll give it that.......2006-11-05

The last time I saw the names "Adam Goldberg" and "Giovanni Ribisi" together, they were two American Soldiers who perished while trying to save a certain Private Ryan.

Goldberg co-wrote and directed this contemporary psychological drama that has all the ingredients for a great finale but gets left in the oven too long. At times towards the end I was thinking it could have been something perhaps similar to "Memento" or something of that nature. What this film gives you is a plethora of cross analyzing ideas meshed with real time parallels, that ultimately bogs down in a mosh of messy execution. Some of the biggest points and profound themes that it spends so much time getting to in a bizarre and confusingly intricate way are so simplistic they leave you yawning. Despite a stellar cast that besides Rabisi also features Jason Lee, Christina Ricci, Vince Vaughn, Haylie Duff and Elvis Costello, it gets to far out of the main points of what it is trying to convey.

Rabisi stars as Gray Evans, a movie star actor who is having marital trouble. Gray starts thinking amid his days of working on the set, going through fan email, and getting bugged by people, that a fan is stalking him. Relentless in his obsession of this belief, he starts obsessing about others around him. Great ideas here but then the film basically spends too much time zigzagging around to all the different characters and locales. We understand that Gray seems to have a connection with a film grad who is also a fan and is suspected by him at one time, of being the stalker, but by the time 100 minutes roles by it gets to the point of not caring. The ideas are there, I just feel it was a bit over ambitious in the portrayal of it all. The sections that are supposed to be psychological really come off more like psycho confusing, and the parts that are to be rewarding in tying up loose ends towards the films finish end up falling flat.

If you like Independent films, or want to try something different, by all means give it a try. I don't see it as being something I would watch again, or have in my collection for killing time on a Sunday afternoon with.

I don't know about this one.......2006-10-05

I really don't know about this one. It started out really interesting but just fell off in the end. It was really wierd, because I really went from one end of the spectrum to the other. I really like it to I really don't? After a while it kinda got all artsy and confusing. Maybe it was suppose to , but I think that the guy making this film wanted you to think too much. Could have been alot better if it explained more. It was alright.

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Smooth Transaction, But
Super Troopers
Unusual, Unorthadox, and UNBELIEVABLE!
Brybili doesn't know what he's talking about
Finally a funny movie

Super Troopers (UMD Mini For PSP)
Starring: Christian Albrizio , Aria Alpert , Geoffrey Arend , Jay Chandrasekhar , and Marisa Coughlan
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
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Release Date: 2005-07-05

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Super Troopers PSP UMD Movie MODEL- 19733 VENDOR- UMD MOVIE FEATURES- Super Troopers PSP Movie A handful of state troopers are put in the uncomfortable position of having to actually enforce the law in this high-spirited comedy. Mac (Steve Lemme), Thorny (Jay Chandrasekhar), Foster (Paul Stoter), and Rabbit (Erik Stolhanske) are four Vermont state troopers whose dedication to duty is not exactly an inspiration to law enforcement officers everywhere. Stationed in a small town near the Canadian border, the troopers dont have much to do, so they while away their hours smoking dope and harassing hapless motorists. Their superior officer, Capt. OHagan (Brian Cox), likes the boys and they try to keep their more outrageous antics out of his earshot, but they often run afoul of fellow trooper Farva (Kevin Heffernan), who insists on doing things by the book. When Governor Jessman (Lynda Carter) announces massive budget cuts for Vermont law enforcement personnel, things look bad for the troopers and they must quickly prove their worth or they will be forced to look for real jobs. Appropriately enough, the troopers stumble upon some information regarding a group of marijuana dealers operating along the border; the guys figure this is just the sort of high- profile bust that could save their careers, but the police department of a nearby town gets wind of the troopers plans. The Earlville police are no friends of the troopers, and they set out to ruin their moment of glory. Super Troopers was written by the five-man comedy troupe Broken Lizard, who also star as th

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The fine art of handing out a freeway speeding ticket gets a deviously funny twist in this smart-alecky farce written and performed by the comedy troop Broken Lizard (consisting of Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske). These pranksters in patrol cars (led by their long-suffering commander Brian Cox) are little more than overgrown frat boys in a campus rivalry with the brawling Vermont bullies of the local police force, and they know how to have fun on the highway patrol. This skit-like collection of comic moments clumps from one scene to another like a variety show, but the gags are more hit than miss, thanks largely to terrific ensemble work and inspired motorist mind games. With a nod to such 1970s comedies as Animal House and Caddyshack, this "boys in blue just wanna have fun" farce is hardly sophisticated, just clever, raucous fun. --Sean Axmaker

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Smooth Transaction, But.......2007-01-13

Nice smooth transaction,but They REALLY need to keep you posted of the order process, that the order did ship and estimated arrival. It makes you begin to wonder if they are legit and if you'll even get your stuff. Then it shows up 2 weeks later.

Super Troopers.......2006-03-30

The first time I saw this movie i almost died. But it's only really funny the first and second time after that I find myself skipping around in the movie only to the funny parts.

Unusual, Unorthadox, and UNBELIEVABLE!.......2003-07-10

I remember the first time I was introduced to this movie. I was online chatting, and one user remarked to me, "That movie was so stupid! It was pointless, a waste of my time, and I never understood it!" It was then I drove to Blockbuster to rent it, and I later told the guy, "Understand it? See, that's your problem..."

You never really "understand" it. It kind of reminds me of "Clerks", just a day in the life of a guy, one day, nothing particular. Same thing here, except more time passing by. You can just sense it, the directing, the filming, the humor, it's so...not a normal movie. Which makes it so interesting. Personally, as much as I dislike 'Farva' in the movie, he really is my favorite character. He reminds me of me...when I was 12 years old!

This really is a movie you either love or hate, because you can only see two ways: 1) Try to understand it, or since that's impossible, 2) Just enjoy the creative humor. No matter if it's deadpan or slapstick, sarcastic or lively, this humor is very creative, and it flows easily, like one giant family of highway cops. How do you know, though? You can only figure it out on your own... So, if you're "all highway" and it's "primetime for crimetime", then go out and rent it. And prepare yourself. At the same time this is something you've probably never seen before, it may have quite a few lasting impressions on you. (And if you hate it the first time, watch it again. It only gets better... :)

(And if you still don't want to watch it, just rent it for the first ten minutes of the film - it's what got me hooked the first time!)

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Brybili doesn't know what he's talking about.......2003-05-24

this film is funny. it has its slow parts, just like every other losely plotted comedy. it's not meant to have a mind blowing plot, just some good natured humor. how can that brybili say the opening scene wasn't funny? i think it's genius. messing with the stoners, haha. i would imagine i would be pretty freaked out and confused if that happened also.

i went into it with low expectations, but was pleasantly surprised afterwards. Farva is hilarious. I love the fast food scene where he and the worker get into it.

Finally a funny movie.......2002-10-17

I rented this movie thinking that it would be pretty stupid. Man, was I suprised. I laughed so hard for 90 minutes, it took another 90 to catch my breath. I went out and bought this movie the very next day and have watched probably too many times but it hasn't lost a thing. In a time where everyone is worried about being P.C., it's nice to see a truely funny movie. I am sure not everyone will like this but if you enjoy goofy slapstick type comedy, I would HIGHLY suggest this movie.

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What crime have we committed to deserve this punishment?
Funniest Movie Of All Time
This movie was great
C'mon Folks, it isn't THAT bad, and it's Tom Green - what did you expect - Gone With The Wind?
Unfairly dumped on

Freddy Got Fingered
Starring: Drew Barrymore , Julie Hagerty , Anthony Michael Hall , Rip Torn , and Harland Williams
Director: Tom Green
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ASIN: B000EHSV96
Release Date: 2001-10-23

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Customer Reviews:

What crime have we committed to deserve this punishment?.......2007-06-03

Funniest Movie Of All Time.......2007-02-07

This is the funniest movie of all time. Purely genius in all its stupidity. Those who dislike it are uptight and their favorite TV Show is Friends.

Own this movie and just enjoy. THE ROCKETS BETTY!

This movie was great.......2007-02-06

C'mon Folks, it isn't THAT bad, and it's Tom Green - what did you expect - Gone With The Wind?.......2007-01-15

Unfairly dumped on.......2006-09-21

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Deserving of Its Obsurity
Brilliant!
This Satire Is Dead-On!
Hilarious! An Absolute Delight!
This film is smart & funny!

New Suit
Starring: Dan Hedaya , James Marsh , Paul McCrane , Charles Rocket , and Jordan Bridges
Director: François Velle
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Release Date: 2005-03-15

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Deserving of Its Obsurity.......2006-06-23

If you have not seen the film and are looking at the generally positive (if limited in number and possibly associated with the production) comments about "New Suit", you must be puzzled about why this independent film was not picked up for theatrical release.

A movie about a struggling screenwriter in Hollywood who sells a screenplay without having a real script! Sounds like "The Big Picture" and "Office Space" (but trust me - "New Suit is not nearly as funny). Also sounds like another of those situations where an actual screenwriter had so little real life experience that the only thing he could write about is the movie business.

So they take an old concept from "The Emperor's New Clothes", "As Young as You Feel", or "Being There" and change the setting to Hollywood; partly because it's the only world they know anything about, partly because it lends itself to super cheap production design, and partly because those in "the business" are subject to a conceit that those outside the business are just dying to see a detailed examination of Hollywood workplace dynamics. Kevin Taylor (Jordan Bridges), an aspiring screenwriter by night and a lowly assistant to a producer (Dan Hedaya in a good supporting performance) by day, invents a writer named Jordan Strawberry (a Baskin Robbins employee and the flavor Keith orders) and an unseen script titled "New Suit". His agent and sometimes girlfriend (Marisa Coughlan) cleverly parlays it into something everyone must have, with producers bidding millions for the rights to produce it. You have to suspend disbelief a little here but Coughlan's manipulations are pretty convincing.

Now if this is starting to sound like something with extremely limited viewer appeal I haven't mentioned the worst part. Just as things are getting fun and you begin to identify with the two schemers, Kevin changes his mind and confesses rather than take advantage of the situation. So instead of being able to get off on the situation and have some vicarious glee, the viewer is subjected to an extremely tired lecture on morality and personal integrity (as if anyone actually believed this story was anything more than a satirical fantasy). And they wonder why these things lose money.

A word about Marisa Coughlan, this is the third of her films I have seen ("Pumpkin" and "Teaching Mrs Tingle" were the others). All three were lousy films made watchable by her performances-"New Suit" was the best if only because it was her biggest part. Coughlan strikes me as a actress who brings 200% to the set each day and whose performance must be restrained by the director rather than motivated-a problem that directors wish they had to deal with all the time. Hopefully she will get work in some decent ventures soon because she more than deserving.

Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.

Brilliant!.......2006-02-26

Oh my Gawwwd! A SCATHINGLY BRILLIANT take on Hollywood or, indeed, any industry where BS rules. That butt-naked Emperor just has to parade every place he goes!

This Satire Is Dead-On!.......2006-01-11

As mentioned, The New Suit is a re-telling of The Emperor's New Clothes, set in a frenzied Hollywood where everyone wants to get the jump on the hottest (non-existent) script in town. And though it sounds cute, it's much more than that -- it's absolutely dead-on. What else can you say about a tiny, indie film that only had limited release, but played for months in the Hollywood area? That's without the benefit of a big budget or name actors. If it struck a nerve in Hollywood under those "adverse" conditions, you know it's the real deal.

Speaking of the actors, they're all delightfully watchable -- you'll recognize most of them from TV and indie film. The biggest revelation, though, is Benito Martinez, who does a complete 180 from his role as The Shield's conniving Aceveda. In The New Suit, Martinez plays an herb-smoking Yoda to Jordan Bridges's babe-in-the-woods. Martinez is warm and funny here, and if there's any justice, we'll see more of him on screen in the future.

Hilarious! An Absolute Delight!.......2005-03-24

"New Suit" takes an old idea and sets it on its ear. Then it stomps on it!

While most of the cast is comprised of lesser-known actors, not one performance from any actor is less than first rate. The script is witty and clever, without ever taking itself too seriously (something too easily and too frequently done) and comes off smart without being petty or bitter. Everybody wins here - at least they think they do (we, and Kevin Taylor know better!)

More than just that, everyone involved in this project seems to be having the time of their lives.

As Kevin Taylor, Beau Bridges' strikes just the right balance between idealistic young screenwriter and jaded, seen-and-heard-it-all weary office drone. A simple lunch break prank to teach a lesson to some know-it-all sycophant co-workers spins horribly out of control developing a life of its own and takes Tinseltown by storm. The ensuing chaos, desperation and Kevin's attempts to rectify the situation will result in varying laugh levels from chuckling out loud, to all out thigh slapping hysteria.

What a gem of a movie.

This film is smart & funny!.......2005-03-19

This film is a modern-day spin on "The Emperor's New Clothes", and it is extremely well-written & well-done. It is smart, biting, relentless, and funny. This is the movie that "The Player" was trying to be... but this movie is actually effective at breaking through to the audience, while "The Player" alienated itself from its audience by using too many "inside jokes". I was lucky enough to catch this fantastic movie while it was in limited release in Los Angeles, and went back to see it 3 times because I enjoyed it so much. I'm excited about this DVD release of "New Suit", because I want to hear the commentary track with the writer, who seems particularly astute at knowing what really happens behind-the-scenes in Hollywood. I highly recommend this film. Particularly if you ever wanted to be involved in the entertainment industry, this movie may make you think twice about those dreams!

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