Otis
by Tony Krantz
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Actor: Ashley Johnson, Bostin Christopher, Daniel Stern, Illeana Douglas, Kevin PollakDirector: Tony Krantz
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Unknown
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-06-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
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- Otis has everything he needs for the prom: the corsage, the convertible, the cool baby-blue tux (not to mention the fully equipped torture chamber in his basement). He even has the girl - a pretty blonde he's named Kim - who is dying to be his date. Literally.From Raw Feed comes a star-powered (Daniel Stern, Illeana Douglas, Kevin Pollak), darkly comedic chiller directed by Tony Krantz (24) from a
Movie Reviews of Otis
Movie Review: "It's a 3-D Jigsaw Puzzle that Very Few are Trained to Understand"
Summary: 5 Stars
This film will repel most every viewer. The taboo topic, the ear-bleedingly offensive language, the unrelenting gore, the sight of lovable actors "behaving badly." (Man, you should just leave this page now!) Think of this work as the comedic equivalent of McNaughton's Henry - Portrait of a Serial Killer. (You don't know Henry? Oh, duuude ... make a run for it ... you have no idea what you're dealing with!) This film's sketchy/creepy/cringe factor is astronomical (even I was tempted to fast-forward through the MAJOR torture scene ... but I wasn't gonna let the film beat me!!). (I'm telling you, right now, this may be a complete waste of money for you ... I'm sensing that you might cash in your stocks, invest in steamroller, and obliterate this disk. Just a guess.) This is one really, really sick film ... and I just loved it.
The movie's namesake, Otis, is not so much a paedophile as he is a forty-year-old man trapped in his senior-year of high-school. Over and over, he relives the days preceding his Prom and revels in the glorious event itself (there is a little twist here that I would not dare reveal). Otis' only desire is to find the perfect partner ("Kim") to reenact it with him. Needless to say, the teenagers he abducts struggle to understand his desires ... and come-undone (LITERALLY!)
Here's the thing: this film is wildly, inappropriately funny. The actors pull-out all the stops!! Jere Burns (of tremendous television fame) plays his role of the careless, perverted FBI agent to a "T." He is one of the only men in the world to make laser-pointing and gum-chewing lascivious! Moreover, it's great to see Daniel Stern ("Will Lawson") in yet another grotesque comedy (if you have not seen Berg's Very Bad Things, you must!) And Illeana Douglas ("Kate Lawson") just has an insane talent for this style of work (her role in Koepp's Stir of Echoes has always cracked me up!) BUT, the real shock is seeing Ashley Johnson ("Riley Lawson") tackle such a challenging role ... quite a departure from her "precious" character on Growing Pains. As a side note, I must admit that I was most impressed with relative new-comer Jared Kusnitz ("Reed Lawson"). His delivery was as flawless as it was funny. In reality, it's the cast that REALLY makes this film!!
I would LOVE to venture into the details of this film, but out of consideration for the viewers who will really enjoy this piece, I will refrain. I do not want to spoil a single FREAKY moment!
If you think it's a shame to smash yard-gnomes (Otis has a much better purpose for them), if you think references to Coppola's Apocalypse Now are a laugh-riot, and if you were just waiting for an inappropriately-appropriate use of Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper," (one of the most poorly used songs in horror-history) you are soooo in luck!! Enjoy!!
Summary of Otis
OTIS is a story of suburban America gone haywire. In the midst of a serial abductor/killer?s rampage, a beautiful young teen, Riley Lawson (Ashley Johnson), goes missing. When her desperate parents, Will and Kate (Daniel Stern and Illeana Douglas), are contacted by her kidnapper, an insufferable FBI Special Agent (Jere Burns) takes charge of the case. But, from deep within the psychopathic subterranean world created by Otis (Bostin Christopher), Riley turns the tables on her tormentor, manages to escape and to contact her parents. Fed up with the tragi- comic inability of the FBI to find their girl, Will, Kate and Riley?s brother, Reed (Jared Kusnitz), decide to take matters - and justice - into their own hands. But when Otis brother, Elmo (Kevin Pollak), shows up unexpectedly, the Lawsons find themselves mired in one of the more unusual and macabre consequences of vigilantism. Far from proclaiming ?Mission Accomplished,? the backed-in-a-corner Lawsons will further complicate their already deadly predicament with a surprising, unfortunate and frankly hilarious final choice.Similar DVD Movies
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