Home Fries (1998)
5/10
awkward and not quite working
3 September 2015
Henry Lever tells pregnant burger drive-thru girl Sally Jackson (Drew Barrymore) that he told his wife but it doesn't impress her. On the drive home, he encounters a military helicopter. Pilot Angus Montier (Jake Busey) scares him to death despite his brother Dorian (Luke Wilson)'s protest. The brothers and Sally's radio get crossed up at the same frequency. The brothers are actually Henry's wife Beatrice Lever (Catherine O'Hara)'s boys. They start to worry and Dorian gets a job at the burger place to investigate if anybody understands what they heard.

It tries to be quirky. Drew Barrymore is adorable. Luke Wilson has the boyish looks. However something is off. It's a black comedy without laughs. It's awkward and not cute. It starts with using an attack helicopter to scare a guy to death. It's threatening and unreal. It tries to be funny but it's not working for me.
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