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Title: Struck by Lightning (2012)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Rebel Wilson | ... | Malerie Baggs | |
| Chris Colfer | ... | Carson Phillips | |
| Allison Janney | ... | Sheryl Phillips | |
| Scott Bailey | ... | Officer Murray | |
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Donna Ann Ward | ... | Officer #2 (as DonnaAnn Ward) |
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Amy Nabors | ... | Reporter |
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Benjamin Byram | ... | Singer #1 |
| Jonathan Byram | ... | Singer #2 | |
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Frank Noel | ... | Pastor |
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Luke Lewis | ... | Youngest Carson |
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Jenny Herrick | ... | First Grade Teacher |
| Dermot Mulroney | ... | Neal Phillips | |
| Polly Bergen | ... | Grandma | |
| Adam Kolkin | ... | Young Carson | |
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Jay Malone | ... | Algebra Teacher |
A high school boy, desperate to escape the idiocy of the people in his hometown, tries to create a way in which he can move to New York, attend the college of his dreams and do something other than live in the footsteps of his drunken, divorced mother. Along the way he blackmails his fellow students into contributing to his literary magazine and discovers what it's like to feel accomplished. Does he get accepted into the college of his dreams? Is he going to make a difference and follow his life goal? Written by Jo J.
Carson Phillips (Chris Colfer) is a high school agitator. He runs the school newspaper where nobody other than him has submitted any stories. He is the school outcast, and he hatches a plan to blackmail everybody to submit stories to his literary magazine.
I love the cast in this movie, but Chris Colfer really needs to rework this story. It rambles on, all the while we know the guy is going to die by lightning strike. The story feels underdeveloped, and in the end pointless. While I love the actors, the characters are all very 2 dimensional. Chris Colfer's character comes off as too whiny and too angry. He is so myopic that he doesn't even realize he has a friend. I love Rebel Wilson, but she isn't allowed the freedom to go crazy. The whole thing is one big woe-is-me. As a black comedy, it doesn't get very deep and it really doesn't get very funny.