#140RVW
Dreadful straight to video release way too happy with itself. How bad? Features a Baldwin – family should come with an early warning system.
What’s more:
What a pretentious piece of crap. I like to pick random things to stream from Amazon Prime or Netflix, and generally I’ve had good luck, but I’m having trouble even reaching the Mendoza line lately.
This was another one of those things that I saw listed and said, “Hey, it’s got Seth Green. I like Seth Green. How bad could it be?” I did also notice that it had another former Buffy the Vampire Slayer cast member in Michelle Trachtenberg, but I have absolutely no opinion of her so this didn’t matter. Katee Sackhoff co-produced and starred – again, irrelevant to me as I never got around to Battlestar Galactica, but I know she has a good rep. As the “movie” rolled, I also spotted the guy who piloted the Nebuchadnezzar in the crappy Matrix movies. But I never would have watched this if it was made clear to me that I’d be subjected to a Baldwin.
If I seem to be spending a lot of time talking about the acting, perhaps it’s because I can’t bear to deal with the plot. I don’t want to overstate things, but this may be the worst movie I’ve seen so far this year. The only reason this won’t stain anyone’s resume is because practically no one will watch the damn thing.
Alright, here goes: smug, self-absorbed Nikki has a flair for the melodramatic and fancies herself dark and mysterious. All of her exes feel the same way for reasons that are impossible to fathom. Nikki orchestrates a diabolical plan to get them together (that is to say, she invites them) and everyone spends the next 90 minutes under the mistaken belief that this is some incredible, Agatha Christie like locked door mystery, when really it’s just an hour and a half of spending time with the sort of person you couldn’t stand to be around in college. These characters are absolutely paper-thin, but that doesn’t matter because you are already learning more about them than you really care to. The whole thing is like a late night Skin-emax movie – but without the sex. Directed by a tv guy, this thing was destined for the video bin from the second it was conceived; wonder if these actors knew that. Just avoid it…
Poster:
Trailer:
Bechdel Test:
Pass
The Representation Test Score: C (4 pts)
(http://therepresentationproject.org/grading-hollywood-the-representation-test/)
| Main Cast | Anthony Michael Hall Mark Von Dutch, Michelle Trachtenberg Miranda Prague, Katee Sackhoff Nikki Franklyn, Seth Green Zachary Newman |
| Rating | R |
| Release Date | 2013 |
| Director | Shawn Piller |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Plot | A group of guys are drawn to the same bar in downtown Los Angeles by an ex-girlfriend they all have in common. |
| Poster |  |
| Runtime | 91 |
| Tagline | |
| Writers | Scott Lew (screenplay) |
| Year | 2013 |