This movie feels like a sketch turned into a feature film, and compared to the various times that has been actually been done (ie: every SNL movie) it compares favorably. It does not quite have enough to sustain a film, and every joke gets hammered into the ground, but most of them hold up better than one would expect. For all its repetition it is anything but formulaic, and many things that should not work work through sheer earnestness, originality, and a skill for clever variations. It is one of the few films I have ever seen where the gimmick of it being ultra-low budget was fairly consistently charming rather than just a matter of necessity. In terms of laughs per-dollar spent it is actually pretty damned effective.
It's really stupid, but everyone involved commits so hard to the stupidity that it occasionally becomes weirdly inspired. Objectively I'd put it somewhere in the four or five star range as a work of film, but it gets a couple extra stars for being memorable, original, unique, and generally endearing.
It's really stupid, but everyone involved commits so hard to the stupidity that it occasionally becomes weirdly inspired. Objectively I'd put it somewhere in the four or five star range as a work of film, but it gets a couple extra stars for being memorable, original, unique, and generally endearing.