A seriously deranged dramedy about finding yourself through terrorism, Be My Oswald attempts high-wire artiness on a bargain-basement budget.
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11/29/07
Be My Oswald (2007)
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Synopsis: A conspiracy to assassinate Santa Claus forms the centerpiece for this satirical yet thoughtful exploration of American consumerism. A fanatical vegetarian (code name: B) recruits a hapless socialite (code name: A) to overthrow the capitalist world order by doing in its figurehead, Kris... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Katha Cato, Jeannie Noth
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An appalling mix of bird-brained satire, sub-protozoan thesping, and (non-)direction.
11/27/07
Writer-director Don Cato's handling of what might have been an intriguingly subversive black comedy can politely be described as Grade D student filmmaking.
12/04/07
A miniscule budget is probably at least somewhat to blame for Be My Oswald's dull sets, audio in which voices are drowned out by reverb, and digital video that frequently looks worse than my MiniDV-shot home movies.
11/27/07
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