Nathan J.'s Reviews

You were probably drawn to this movie because you're either a fan of Tarantino or Knoxville. After all, those are the names on the cover. Based on the cast, you think this is an edgy comedy full of guy humor. INCORRECT! I've seen PBS astronomy documentaries with more jokes in them.

This is a coming-of-age wishful fantasy about a 14 year old girl who is an avatar for the writer/director, a woman named Katrina Bronson. It's full of neither shock nor humor. On the contrary, the plot, which is as agonizingly brainless as they come, is set up in the first ten minutes. A girl finds out that her father, who abandoned her and her mother when she was a toddler, is now a rich sod salesman who desperately regrets it and wants them back. Also, the girl wants to go to Julliard and her mom is dying of cancer. The sod business is in financial trouble for reasons too stupid to get into. The remaining 80 minutes are female teenage navel-gazing.

Can this girl get into Julliard, teach a retard to read by giving him flash cards, and look good in a dress if she takes off her glasses and retainer? Can her dad save his sod business and marry a local lady he's been having a monogamous relationship with for a decade and a half? Yes, yes, yes, yes. Obviously.

UNFORGIVABLY BORING!!!!
Review Date: 4/16/2013

If you make the mistake I did, you'll be tempted to get this movie on the star power of Jackman and McGregor. They are two likable actors who like acting, after all. You reason that to attract them, this flick must have some intelligence and excitement to it. The trailer looks intriguing. Deception must have a bunch of fun twist and turns to it, you think. Please don't be fooled. This movie is complete nonsense, alternating between boring nonsense and annoying nonsense and finishing with deeply unsatisfying nonsense. I was disgusted.
Review Date: 6/12/2010

Dylan Walsh leads this laid-back ensemble comedy with a "gosh, shucks ma'am" performance. It's a feel-good rom-com disguised as an indie film. DeVito, Hill, and Long all do what they do, as well as Melissa McCarthy who steals a few scenes. The flick contains neither twists nor turns but its sweet-natured, easy-going attitude will warm you all the way through if you let it.
Review Date: 4/24/2013

Think of this as a low budget "Close Encounters" without aliens. Larry (Patrick Killian) has a successful career as a pizza delivery boy. He is fascinate by alien encounters and is part of a UFO group that believe something is going to happen with the millennium only a week away. At the UFO group meeting, introverted Larry meets the highly extroverted Pam (Elyse Ashton), the babe in the group, who goes home with him.

Sure she is crazy, but she is good looking, brings her own coke, and likes making love while Larry wears a space alien gray mask. Having met what would be the love of my life, Larry tosses it all away as he is drawn to the black mail box by Area 51. He must make a pilgrimage to be there at the millennium.

Larry doesn't have many lines. His life is a sad comedy. The film holds your interest in a quirky sort of way. What is curious are the names that appear on the front of DVD cover, "Shaun Johnston, Kim Hogan, and David Everhart" as their names are not associated with any of the credits of this film at IMDB. Could someone toss me a bone on that one?

Parental Guide: F-bomb, sex, no nudity.
Review Date: 3/24/2014

Great collection but takes too many CREDITS! It sells on Amazon for $45, so this should be a 3 or 4 credit item!
Review Date: 1/17/2010

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