Baghead doesn't strike with the same impact of Puffy Chair, but it does provide proof that the Duplasses are as talented and unpredictable as they are clever and resourceful.
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07/03/08
Baghead (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 14 Fresh: 14 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 7.3/10
Runtime: 84 mins
Synopsis: Directors Mark and Jay Duplass return to the Festival (their film The Puffy Chair played in 2005) with a hilarious, tongue-in-cheek, genre-twisting comedy that explores the minutiae of relationship dynamics among a group of desperate actor friends and roasts a gamut of indie films in the... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Screenwriter: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Producer: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass, John Bryant
Composer: J Scott Howard
Producer: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass, John Bryant
Composer: J Scott Howard
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The balance is weighted in favor of character-based laughs rather than scares, but the deadpan tone is maintained throughout
06/23/08
What do four young film makers and a demented savage with a bag over his head have in common? They all want to be stars, and they almost make it in this super-indie horror satire.
06/17/08
It’s very funny, it’s smart, and it could be really scary. And it really has some nice performances as well.
06/16/08
Baghead is a mumblecoreish meditation on the increasingly permeable boundaries between movies and life.
06/13/08
Jay and Mark Duplass know better: It isn't how much you spend that determines a picture's quality, it's how you spend whatever you have. The brothers are master strategists.
06/13/08
The directors like dissonant relationships: Here, their spectacularly self-absorbed protagonists step on each other, jockeying first for position and ultimately for survival.
06/13/08
The Duplass Brothers...get some decent mileage from their Cassavetes-lite, semi-improvisatory filmmaking approach, capturing authenticity in their cast's fumbling gestures, half-spoken lines, and stumbling advances.
04/26/08
Its horror isn't anticipated because there's nothing about these people that justifies harm; they're just people, not pawns. But this, as with perception of what sort of film this is, isn't ultimately certain.
03/18/08
A blast of fresh air. It has warmth and innovation, and the mischievous good sense to subtly make fun of the type of film that it is.
01/31/08
Being creative is scary and personal and when you involve other people in the creative process you have to trust them or find a way to get what you want. And that happens here as do laughs, gasps, confusion and terror both real and internalized.
01/29/08
[A] clever insider's riff about life on the lo-fi end of the indie spectrum.
01/28/08
Top Critic
A sly poke at indie filmmaking, a non-stop roller-coaster of sexual and romantic politics, and (yes) a slightly scary thriller when all is said and done.
01/28/08
[A] generally charming, funny and sweet movie that's far more accessible than past efforts [from the Duplass Brothers].
01/27/08
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