Directed By: Bob Gosse
Written By: Tucker Max & Nils Parker
Based On The Book By: Tucker Max
Cinematography By: Suki Medencevic
Editor: Jeff Kushner
Cast: Jesse Bradford, Matt Czuchry, Geoff Stults, Keri Lynn Pratt, Marika Domincyzk
Tucker decides to take an impromptu trip to celebrate his friend's bachelor party. He drags his friend into a lie with his fiancée, gets him into trouble and then abandons him in order to pursue a hilarious carnal interest. Tucker is disinvited to the wedding, and in order to get back in, Tucker has to find a way to balance his narcissism with the demands of friendship.
I really wanted to like the film considering how much I liked the book. I knew the film would be based around only one story from, The book, but I still went In open minded.
The result shouldn't be shocking as it was made for a certain Niche audience. I didn't hate the film as it accomplishes what it seeks out to do. It has a few good moments that i liked, but it is pretty bad. A lot of scenes could have been worked p. to be made funnier and fully thought through. The film feels like the work of a first time Filmmaker or a filmmaker who has no passion for the material he is making. The film looks cheap in a bad way. Not earthy just drab and ugly. not giving the film Or it's locations character draining the fun and energy that could have been there.
The performances are all good. In a better film this would have been a star making role for actor Matt Czerny, playing the lead character Tucker, but alas that is another problem with the film . For as good as all the actors are they have no he mostly together, nor would I believe these characters would be friends with one another. Plus at a certain point they all go their seperate ways after getting mad at the main character For something he did. Considering he's acted in the same sort of fashion Throughout the whole film. It shocks me that, that situation was the straw that broke the camels back.
The film also can't seem to make up it's mind. It's very misogynistic then it tries to turn around and say well women aren't all bad. Look at what they have to put up with. Pick a side please!
Then considering the type of film it is and who it is marketed to what type of audience. You would expect some nudity and sex scenes, but no while there is plenty of raunch and talk about it. Here is actually very little for an audience looking for that.
The film has the blueprint of being a decent movie, but the follow through in building it failed. Like it was lopsided from the get go. So any construction built over it would have lead to a disaster anyway. It can be quite funny at times, but was clearly too far and in between to really work.
The Selling point of the film seems to build a classic Anti-Hero of a character the non stop partying best friend who is pure ID, Then the film tries to build him up to be at his own lowest and make him find redemption, only to pull a trick and make it seem like he never learned anything and played his friends who he supposedly cared about.
I would like to credit lack of promotion as the reason or bombed. I knew it was coming out, but only knew when it arrived in theaters due to newspaper reviews.
I have to also give into the poor quality of the film. It looks likens indie film, bit with the material of a straight to DVD film. Which it seems like became it's fate
Skip it
Grade: F
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