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Friday, September 03, 2010
Review: The Last Exorcism
Teen comedies aren't my first choice, but "The Last Exorcism" had me chuckling like a fat man in a dryer. This light-hearted spoof of religion, dating, and southern mores carried with it the bawdy overtones of American Beauty combined with the serio-comedic stylings of John Hughes' Breakfast Club. Director Daniel Stamm employed a first-person camera ala "Blair Witch" in this often touching tale of 16-year-old Nell Sweetzer (Ashley Bell) who finds she has a demon in her life and must grapple with maturing needs as well as those of an evil being from Hell who desires her degradation and destruction. Patrick Fabian portrays Cotton Marcus, a cynical preacher called upon to exorcise Nell at a remote Louisiana farm. Fabian captures the same hapless frustration as Jeffrey Jones' principal in "Ferris Bueller." Writers Huck Botko and Andrew Gurland weren't afraid to insert a little slapstick as Cotton Marcus and Iris Reisen (Iris Bahr) discover slaughtered cattle, then share a scene straight out of Johnny Puleo and the Harmonica Gang. Unknown Caleb Landry Jones steals the film as Nell's brother Caleb, exhibiting an innocent buffoonery reminiscent of beloved Mexican funny man Cantinflas. "Last Exorcism" hits all the right notes for a late-summer, light-hearted romp to take your mind off the heat and give the funny bone a good workout. (Rated 'R' for scenes of torture and mutilation.)
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Haha! I'm loving your reviews! Now that I think of it, anyone can post a blog review to TGWTG. You can just set up an account and blog away. I forget if something good happens for you if it gets popular though. Some of the popular ones also make videos to their blogs-- and some have gone on to be cast members of the site.
Thanks for the heads-up.
Maybe I'll give that a go.
I figure any exposure is good exposure. ^_^
Plus I think your blog there can basically be about anything.
LOL
A light-hearted romp!
(Rated 'R' for scenes of torture and mutilation.)
If you do make that blog, just let us know
Oh and you spelled choice wrong, I refuse to respect this review until you click that edit button and fix your mistake. If you don't, your spotless record for spelling things correctly will forever be tarnished by such a simple word as choice.
Naahhhhh, we good, we good. But seriously, choice
Cantiflas... one of the giants.
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