Saturday, January 3, 2009

Baghead

Colleen Kenny's Thoughts:
The Duplass brothers' (always one of Joe's favorites) second movie Baghead was funny and entertaining. The humor in Baghead is very similar to the Duplass Brothers' previous film Puffy Chair. Baghead, the story of 4 struggling actors who retreat to Big Ben to write a screenplay, starts out well. The "We are Naked" film they see by Jett Garner is hilarious, as well as, when Matt (Ross Partridge) uses his wallet as a cell phone to try and get into an after party. Partridge plays the role of Matt well and is fun to watch throughout the entire film.
As the female characters become more prominent the film starts to become less interesting. Both female characters are written very flatly. The ditsy Michelle character (Greta Gerwig) is irritating and Catherine (Elise Muller) is more a function of the plot rather than a character.
All in all it was a fun film but nothing spectacular. Chad (Steve Zissis) has some great faces especially when acting terrified at the end. I don't expect it picking up too many Dolphins but Baghead is worth seeing.

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