(2002)

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8/10
A very funny low-budget indie
hrivnak20 April 2003
I saw this movie at the Atlanta ComiCon Film Festival and it is a very funny movie in the vein of Clerks. It has a lot of raunchy humor, but it is also a well told story. You really get involved in the lives of the three main characters and are invested in their stories.

Game Packmunh is the funniest character, in my opinion. He's hooked on video games, even going so far as to listen to their soundtracks in his car. His humor is punctated by the video game sounds that accompany his life. Truly inspired soundtrack work.

All three characters are played extremely well for a low-budget indie film. The actors really make what could be archetypes into well rounded, fun characters.

Spank's breakdown is especially priceless.

If I can say one thing negative about this piece, it's that the camera work leaves a little to be desired (it's shot on video, and you can tell). There's nothing particularly wrong with it, but it's not overly creative. There are some scenes where lighting is a problem, as well, but once the story takes place these minor details aren't that important. It's the script that's important, and it's truly hilarious.

If you get a chance to see this film, check it out.
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9/10
solid micro-budget movie
donegreg17 June 2005
Warning: Spoilers
Most of the time when a new filmmaker does his first film, it's an autobiographical piece of pretentious garbage. The characters speak not from themselves, but spout out filmmaker's views on the meaning of life and such. The jokes are only funny to filmmaker and his close buddies, where they can sit around when they're in their mid forties, drinking beer, laughing at themselves.

When I popped this movie in, I thought I was in for another one of these really awful 'Indies'.

It did take a while to get into it, and it also had some very slow parts, but all in all it's not a bad flick.

Three twenty something friends each struggling with their own addiction... video games, porn, and safety. I wouldn't initially of thought of safety being an addiction, but something that interferes with your life or goals in life, because of some compulsion, then it's considered an addiction. Some may call it fear, but at this point it's all semantics, so back to the movie.

The feel of the movie is something like Clerks, yet influenced by Swingers and maybe some 'slacker' movies. Most of the jokes aren't 'outrageously funny', but more amusing, and anecdotal. It may not in fact stand out at all from other Indies of similar theme, except it's ending is actually fulfilling and makes you glad you gave it the chance to payoff at the end.
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