fun

Rating: 8/10 (21 July 2006)

I'm not sure it's as fun as the poster, but this was a fun movie.
After seeing Napoleon Dynamite, I didn't' know what to expect from this director on his second movie, but it's really kind of similar in an odd way.
The camera doesn't really move much. In fact, it looks like a film student could have made this movie. Except for the fact that a film student wouldn't have the guts NOT to move the camera!
Like Dynamite, the strength of this movie is the performances, in this case Jack Black, who makes the whole film work. You have to be a Jack Black fan though, my friend who isn't really didn't care much for the film. I was surprised to see it delving deeper than the hysterical poster and premise led me to believe. I love that they tried to have a little message hidden in there.
I won't go into the plot. I'll just say look at the poster, think about Jack Black, and check it out if either of those two get you going.