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Girl's "shoot me in the head" review...

Blame it on the estrogen, I don't care, but this movie sucked. The pinnacle points were Pat Oswald screaming "I don't like Root Beer!" and shooting the guy from "Special" ten times in the chest with paint, then maturely stating "Eagles Suck" before running out the bar and down the street as fast as a fat boy can run. Apologies if I just gave away the epic climax...

I was informed during the movie that this was written and directed by the same guy who wrote The Wrestler. That was my "shoot me now" moment, when I realized that this movie was going to be about nothing, the character was going to learn nothing, and there would be no point to sitting down on a couch and staring at the TV screen for 86 minutes. No point, no enjoyment, no stimulation. It's about an american football fan who is a big fan and can't stop being a big fan because he is a big, immature, lazy idiot. Yeah, sounds like a blast to watch!

I just looked at Rotten Tomatoes and it's getting an 88%, so maybe I'm wrong about this film and am just not seeing the brilliance of this life-changing story.

Girl's Rating: Watch it and explain to me why this got made, please. I'm dying to know. Thanks.

Guy's review...

Gutsy move on giving Patton Oswalt a dramatic role. They probably made him go off his Prozacs for a couple of weeks for him to get into this role. Or maybe not, stand up comedians have a tendency to be a tad dark.

I honestly think Patton did a great job as the down and out tollbooth worker. Most of the cast in this movie was played by former sitcom comedians. Again I didn't mind that one bit. Robert D. Siegel is most famous for writing the movie "The Wrestler" at this point. Sadly I think it will stay like that for a while. This is his directorial debut but the directing wasn't where this movie fell flat, it was the writing that felt a little bit lazy.

I would love to see Patton in more serious parts from now on because clearly there's something there. For Siegel, I would advice him to give his writing to great directors like he has done in the past.

Guy's Rating: Ehhhhh... What the hell, watch it.