Cecil B. Demented
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Movie Reviews of Cecil B. Demented
Movie Review: Cecil B. not that good
Summary: 2 Stars
I have seen and enjoyed many of John Waters films, but this was almost boring. I understood the idea of it and parts were entertaining. Im sure if you were a fanatic of Waters or either of the stars you may like this, and don't get me wrong, it wasn't bad, just ok. I'm most happy I rented it so now i know I wasn't missing anything as good as Waters old stuff. Even "Serial mom" and "Pecker" I enjoyed more...Movie Review: Not his best
Summary: 2 Stars
I have been a John Waters fan for many years. I thought he could do no wrong until I saw this yawner. The expression "mailing in your performance" shouldn't apply to a director, but this film shows none of Waters's usual wit or cheek or in-your-face style. I almost stopped watching halfway through, except I kept hoping for some spark. Disappointed is not a strong enough word.Movie Review: Typical Waters Garbage
Summary: 1 Stars
There's a reason why the vast majority of Waters' film get a turkey in ALL the review books: his movies suck. Period.I kept picking this one up at the local library, but not taking it home. This week I finally relented and gave it a spin.
What a waste of 90 minutes! I should sue Waters' for the time I lost!
First, this movie isn't funny. Not one single smile cracked my face. Now, before you call me a prude, or a retard, I love wacky cinema. Some of my favorite movies are off-the-wall films that most of my friends see as stupid and immature.
This one, though, never got so much as a smirk out of me.
The writing is dreadful, the directing and editing turn much of the overall plot into a sycophantic mess. Some of the acting is fairly good, but so much profanity comes out of their mouths.
You know, just because someone says f#%k 1,000 times doesn't make them funny. In fact, I find the use of profanity a sign that the comic has run out of ideas and is trying solely to shock.
And watching Waters crow over his work in the special features was painful. He's such a no-talent freak, and you could tell his cast was imbarassed to be seen in the same shot is him. (He reminded me of someone the Coen Brothers would make up in one of their paradoys - but I kept pinching myself, saying, "this guy is REAL!" Pathetic.)
Take your filmmaking back in the closet, John. How you get any funding is beyond anyone's comprehension....
Movie Review: Garbage still smells like stank the next morning.
Summary: 1 Stars
I know that if my garbage can is lined with a scented bag, the insides still reak of yuck. Even if I tie it with a knot and place it on the curb, and the knot is finely taught and the bags lined in proportion, deep down somewhere in the recesses of my minds eye, I still know, no matter how hard I may want to candycoat it, that it is still trash.
Here then is Cecil B. Demented. I understand that my foulness of this horrible film will be a flame war for those avant-garde, art house, belly churning, curtled milk type, Grindhouse-praising 'as-if-it's-the-next greatest-thing-to-sliced-bread' groupies, however if you are a die hard john waters fan, what's there not to love?? If he made poop walk, you would think it was fascinating.
Waste money, buy this, and then trash it. It is as appealing as leaving your trash untied and unkept in your living room. Pure and total ca-ca.
Movie Review: What a disappointment
Summary: 1 Stars
I am a huge John Waters fan, but this movie does not come close to living up to his usual standards. It seems Waters is trying to balance between mainstream filmmaking for the larger audience appeal, and keep his previous biting cutting-edge. Serial Mom was able to do this -- this movie absolutely failed. It is poorly written, poorly acted (Melanie Griffith a bad actor? Yeah, that's a stretch), and poorly editted. The movie is suppose to be making a statment against Hollywood turning out so much mediocore garbage. This movie is a prime example of the type of garbage that shouldn't be turned out.
John Waters' movies are by all means still worth buying and watching, just avoid this one.