I have to say that I feel like I'm being pretty liberal giving this movie even 6 stars. The main reason for this generosity is that I think the story behind the movie is conceptually interesting and was probably much better than the film. I wish I'd had the opportunity to read it rather than watching this movie.
Bixby scores with accurate and amusing historical perspective, which is sadly obscured by layers of uninspired, mechanical acting (the possible exception being Tony Todd's performance as Dan) and vision-less direction. The overall product is stiff and flat and comes off like a pretentious attempt at intellectualism by self-indulgent college film students.
With all due honors to the writer Jerome Bixby, for whom I have great respect, I'm shocked that it gets such high scores with the viewers.
Bixby scores with accurate and amusing historical perspective, which is sadly obscured by layers of uninspired, mechanical acting (the possible exception being Tony Todd's performance as Dan) and vision-less direction. The overall product is stiff and flat and comes off like a pretentious attempt at intellectualism by self-indulgent college film students.
With all due honors to the writer Jerome Bixby, for whom I have great respect, I'm shocked that it gets such high scores with the viewers.