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Weirdsville (2007)

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Reviews Counted:32

Fresh:18

Rotten:14

Average Rating:5.4/10

Consensus: Though it can be confusing at times, Weirdsville is funny and quirky in equal measure.

Rated: 15

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:16-11-2007

Synopsis: When stoners Dexter and Royce mistakenly assume their friend Matilda has overdosed, they can’t call the cops because she’s OD’d on stolen drugs. So, they decide to bury her body themselves. Good... When stoners Dexter and Royce mistakenly assume their friend Matilda has overdosed, they can’t call the cops because she’s OD’d on stolen drugs. So, they decide to bury her body themselves. Good news is she’s not dead. Bad news is she wakes up just in time to interrupt a Satanic cult performing a ritual sacrifice in the same place the guys were going to bury her. Our heroes end up on the run from the Satanists, the drug dealer they stole the stash from, and a gang of angry little people all while trying to pull off a heist of their own. It’s one crazy night in one crazy town! --© Magnolia Pictures [More]

Starring: Scott Speedman, Wes Bentley, Taryn Manning, Greg Bryk

Starring: Scott Speedman, Wes Bentley, Taryn Manning, Greg Bryk, Matt Frewer, Dax Ravina, Maggie Castle, Raoul Bhaneja

Director: Allan Moyle

Director: Allan Moyle
Screenwriter: William Wennekers
Producer: Nicholas D. Tabarrok
Studio: Magnolia Pictures

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Only a trio of bungling Satanists prevent it ending up in routineville.

Full Review Source: Sun Online | comment Comment
11/16/07
Sun Online
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It's pretty amusing stuff - though it could have been a lot funnier if they had resisted the temptation to shoehorn in quite so many plot twists.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
11/16/07
Andrew Pulver
Andrew Pulver
Guardian [UK]
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A quirky, amusing caper that shouldn't work, but somehow does.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
11/15/07
Fairn Roberts
Fairn Roberts
BBC
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Funny, well-acted nonsense. The best kind of quirkiness.

Full Review Source: Little White Lies | comment Comment
11/14/07
Jonathon Williams
Jonathon Williams
Little White Lies

Director Allan Moyle travels a quirky road too often trod by aspirant indie pics.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
11/14/07
Kim Newman
Kim Newman
Empire Magazine
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A pleasingly gonzo black comedy pitched somewhere between Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead Stoned and Dude, Where's My Crack?

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
11/15/07
Matt Glasby
Matt Glasby
Channel 4 Film
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Weirdsville is an enjoyable screwball crime thriller with a witty script, inventive direction and superb comic performances.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
11/15/07
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Chainmailed flail-wielding midgets ­chasing Satanists chasing druggies – Allan Moyle has gone for the grown-up panto approach.

Full Review Source: thelondonpaper | comment Comment
11/16/07
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
thelondonpaper

This absurd crime odyssey has so much gonzo enthusiasm that it's impossible not to enjoy.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
08/18/07
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Allan Moyle's stoner heist movie is a meandering dud.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment Comment
11/16/07
Daily Telegraph
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Anarchic and low budget, make sure you take along your bong.

Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
11/16/07
Daily Mirror [UK]
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It's wacky, it's zany, it's loopy, it's freaky, it's daffy – but alas, not the most important one, which is "funny".

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
11/16/07
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

The paper-thin characters make it feel less like a rounded feature and more like a TV pilot with the promise of more adventures to come.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
11/14/07
David Jenkins
David Jenkins
Time Out
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The script has the substance and the slacker leads have the chemistry, but the execution fumbles the tourniquet, failing to find any rich vein of wackiness.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
11/14/07
Richard Matthews
Richard Matthews
Total Film

... it's piffle, but reasonably entertaining piffle, which ain't nothin' to sneeze at nowadays.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles CityBeat | comment Comment
10/21/07
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

Moyle shows great control over most of Weirdsville, taking joy in Willem Wennekers's screenplay by submerging the action in accelerated colors and embracing the slapstick nature of it all.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
10/04/07
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
eFilmCritic.com

Half-funny and half-obvious, Weirdsville gets a little tiresomely silly, but Bentley still has a glare that burns through metal, and his rapport with Speedman is agreeable.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
10/17/07
Gregory Kirschling
Gregory Kirschling
Entertainment Weekly

I was laughing well into the film's third act, when most films stop being funny.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
10/18/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Dark and devilishly clever, director Allan Moyle's Weirdsville is a twisted caper comedy.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
10/12/07
Jennie Punter
Jennie Punter
Globe and Mail

Moyle is as deft a craftsman as ever, utilizing the widescreen frame to create a number of elegant, vibrantly colorful images that give the film a bright, bubbly energy in spite of the violence at its core.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
10/05/07
Jim Hemphill
Jim Hemphill
Reel.com
 
 
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