STRANGERS WITH CANDY
I remember watching ACE VENTERA: PET DETECTIVE and thinking that the movie blew , but respecting the performance of Jim Carry. I could tell he was working hard trying to polish the heaping turd pile that was the 2 ACE movies.
STRANGERS WITH CANDY is similar. The movie stinks but I enjoyed the performance of Amy Sedaris. She has a chance to be a big comedic star. Sedaris plays Jerry Blank a 40-something ex-hooker, ex-junkie, and ex-con who decides to go back to high school in hopes of resurrecting her father from a coma (yes, you read this correctly). While at Flatpoint High she joins the science team and flirts with the school jock. Sedaris is working hard and supplies more than few good to great one liners. The problem with the film is budget issues. The film looks like it was filmed in someones basement. Cheap looking sets and untalented young actors play the high school leads. This placed a major damper on the entire film.
STRANGERS is based on the cult television show of the same name that aired on Comedy Central 1999-2001. Although it received a little buzz, I never cared to watch it. However, I remember reading that Sedaris received some critical claim. Whatever praise she received, she deserved it.
STRANGERS is a strange trip. I give it a "4". If you liked the t.v. show, you may give it a higher grade. Remember the name Amy Sedaris.
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