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And on the flip side of the reviews...

posted 17 years ago by Mike- Tempest Productions
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I saw it at SXSW, too. Here's my review:

This slacker/anti-establishment comedy with Zooey Deschanel, Aaron Stanford, Izabella Miko, Christopher Lloyd and Keir O'Donnell had its
moments, but was basically a big soggy mess. If I hadn't seen Zooey in other stuff, I would have thought she couldn't act her way out of a paper bag.

Brought to us courtesy of Michael Lehmann (who directed Heathers and The Truth About Cats and Dogs) Flakes is about the manager of a hip, funky
cereal bar in New Orleans and his "talented" artist girlfriend who battle it out over finding your dreams and growing (growing up, actually). It had a couple of funny moments - and one really brilliant line - but it's not enough to save this little indie. It's really sad when the very minor supporting characters are far more interesting than the main cast.

They're still looking for a distributor, and they might (maybe MTV), but unless you're a vapid 20-something, just skip it, either in theaters or on
TV.

[–] csobero 17 years ago

Were the male leads any good? Lloyd, Stanford, O'Donnell, etc?

[–] Mike- Tempest Productions 17 years ago

Good, but not very interesting.

We've seen "crazy/eccentric" from Christopher Llyod before. he does it well, and he does it well again here, but he's not really a major character.

[–] Mean_Green 17 years ago

OMG! I'm a vapid 20 something! This is perfect for me!

It's getting really mixed reviews.

Variety liked it. One guy at SXSW saw it and didn't like it, but in his reviewing history, he didn't like any indie film I liked. And a few more people haven't liked it.

It's been floating around doing nothing for awhile.

I'd personally just liked to see it distrubuted or at another festival at this point.

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