An irresponsible teen examines his life after his fed-up parents leave him to fend for himself.An irresponsible teen examines his life after his fed-up parents leave him to fend for himself.An irresponsible teen examines his life after his fed-up parents leave him to fend for himself.
Brigid Brannagh
- Melanie Hope
- (as Brigid Conley Walsh)
Ben Stein
- Dr. Lillianfarb
- (as Benjamin J. Stein)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaConstance Zimmer's debut.
- Quotes
Matt Miller: It's like Thoreau said... Most dudes lead lives of filed information.
- ConnectionsReferences The $64, 000 Question (1955)
- SoundtracksRIGHT THIS TIME
Written and Performed by BEN TREXEL
Published by Ben Trexel Music, Ltd. (ASCAP)
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good entertainment if you're bored and it's free
I only watched this movie because it came on late at night and I was up. I missed the first couple of minutes, so I didn't know what was on, just that it was a movie. It took about 2/3 of the movie before I started to "get it"; until then, I had been spending a lot of mental energy simply trying to figure out _what_ this movie _was_ -- not the title, I mean what it _was_. Some parts of it still don't make much sense, but, strangely enough, I actually enjoyed this oddball film. I thought all the major players nailed their characters pretty well, and the bizarre story kept me guessing enough to have fun watching. There were some good laughs (mostly intentional), and one thing I very much appreciated was that, while each character was cohesive and most of the main ones were multi-faceted, the scripting was unpredictable; that brought the characters (and the movie) to life for me. These people were fun to watch and I was always curious about what would happen next.
The one thing I _really_ don't get, though, is... what the heck was the deal with Sam Scott??? The guy was a raving looney. I kept waiting for the explanation to be that that whole TV show was an elaborate setup by Matt's parents, or something... but apparently it was real. And did the show really end the way it appeared to? If so, shouldn't Matt have, like, been arrested, or something?!!? LOL! I don't care; it was still a fun movie to watch.
The one thing I _really_ don't get, though, is... what the heck was the deal with Sam Scott??? The guy was a raving looney. I kept waiting for the explanation to be that that whole TV show was an elaborate setup by Matt's parents, or something... but apparently it was real. And did the show really end the way it appeared to? If so, shouldn't Matt have, like, been arrested, or something?!!? LOL! I don't care; it was still a fun movie to watch.
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- jamie-120
- Sep 8, 2002
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