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Strangers
With Candy
Amy Sedaris stars as Jerry
–
a recently released prisoner returning to the free world after spending
32
years in the big house. She
arrives at her family home looking for a happy reunion, but
nothing is as it was. Jerry’s
mother died when the then young lady
was sent to jail, and her father (Dan Hedaya) went into a stress coma. To get Dad back to normal,
Jerry goes back to
high school to be the good girl she never was.
Can Jerry win the science
fair and get Dad out of a coma?
Strangers
With Candy is a
twisted version of an afterschool special that is filthier and more
offensive
than you can imagine, so I laughed.
I
laughed alot. Based
on the Comedy Central
cult hit TV show, Strangers
With Candy
is for anyone who thinks sitcoms and
mainstream comedy is too predictable and nice (the hipsters who think
they are
too cool for Everybody
Loves Raymond).
Nothing is out of bounds, so be ready for a raunchy
time.
While the movie is full of
great cameos from Sarah Jessica Parker, Allison Janney, Philip Seymour
Hoffman,
and Matthew Broderick (who plays a large role in the film), the focus
is on the
offbeat humor of Sedaris. She
equally is
hilarious and cringe inducing as she plays the most vile human being on
the planet
with plenty of off color, gross jokes, which sometimes hit the mark,
and
sometimes fall flat. However,
she never
has a moment of fear as Sedaris goes for an over-the-top performance
that is
needed to make the crazy character come to life.
However, the focus isn’t always on her the
way it should be.
Co-star and co-writer
Stephen Colbert has a funny role as a science teacher who
doesn’t exactly
believe in science (a role he created on the TV show), but the part is
too big
and takes away from Jerry’s epic journey.
I know he’s a huge star now, but some
restraint was needed to stop Strangers
With Candy from becoming The
Colbert Report: The Movie.
Colbert’s story is a nice sub-plot, but
too
often takes over the movie, leaving the central character off to the
side for
too long, and making feel like we were watching 2 movies instead of 1.
Fans
will be excited and satisfied with Strangers
With Candy, while
non-fans will
get a chance to see what all the hype was about.
3
Waffles (Out Of 4)
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