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post #1 of 10
8/27/08 at 4:59pm
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http://whatwouldsexyjesusdo.com/

I can't tell if this is going to be funny or really stupid.

Any thoughts?
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post #2 of 10
8/27/08 at 5:22pm
Apparently WSJ liked it. I usually agree with everything they say.
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post #3 of 10
8/29/08 at 1:38am
I'm a big fan of Coogan, Keener and Poehler, and a huge comedy nerd, but the movie was horrible. No consistency of tone, Coogan was as unfunny as I've ever seen him, and the kids are just unspeakably unfunny and bad at acting.

C- at best, and I had a lot of hope.
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post #4 of 10
8/29/08 at 6:53pm
Andy Fleming's Dick is easily the second best movie about Watergate (ok, I'm not sure there's much competition, but it's still a fine film!), so I'm really looking forward to this.

And Coogan is always great. Partridge FTW.
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post #5 of 10
8/30/08 at 3:03am
I also thought Dick was quite funny.

This, sir, is no Dick.

And it's not like Dick is a masterpiece.
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post #6 of 10
7/27/09 at 3:14pm
Saw that on DVD this weekend and I thought it was hilarious. Obviously it was intentionally formatted as a typical inspirational teacher movie, and the writers managed to twist the format quite effectively while keeping the outer shell. Arquette's character was really the only negative for me - otherwise a good laugh. Catherine Keener has such an interesting comedic power - she's just really funny in a complex, disturbing way.
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post #7 of 10
7/27/09 at 3:36pm


Did not like it. It almost seemed like there was a funnier movie in there that got edited out. You can view this as working satirically within the format of a typical movie or just being hemmed in by that format. It also tried to lampoon cliches and still trade in them, on a level only a little funnier than the "Epic Movie" style jokes.

And the actual musical scenes were just not good enough to justify themselves.
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post #8 of 10
7/27/09 at 3:38pm
Funny this came up today. I ran across the movie in a $9.99 DVD clearance bin and very nearly bought it on a whim. Had I seen gdl's recommendation, I likely would have. Maybe I'll rent it from iTunes.
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post #9 of 10
7/27/09 at 3:43pm
I watched it on DVD a while ago. It had some decent parts. I thought it had a lot of potential, but wasted it. I thought the musical bits were the best parts...
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post #10 of 10
7/27/09 at 4:01pm
I don't know... maybe we were in a good mood. Maybe it was the beer... But we laughed a lot.
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