I got the chance to see this film last week during a Slamdance screening. It was excellent. Though it will inevitably be compared to NAPOLEON DYNAMITE because of its tone and humor (and the fact that the films share a producer), I thought it was a much better film. Funnier, with a surprising poignancy. Loved it.
shareThanks for commenting. I really want to see this film and hope it gets a distributer. It should, given the big names in the film (Mary Lynn is especially popular now). I like the premise and it sounds cool.
shareThanks for the kind words! =D
Which day did you see it on? I was most likely there, I played "Kendis". I probably saw you. xD
Dear God. I'm angry. So very angry. Amen.
Saw this film at Waterfront Film Festival in Saugatuck, MI. Great story. Thanks for sharing Hubbel. Cheers.
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Saw the movie today at the Starz Film Festival. It was really good, and it deserves, more than anything to become more popular than Napolean Dynamite. Hubbel Palmer was there and I happened to pass by him while he was leaving the theatre.
Great guy, and he's writing a project for Cartoon Network next. I recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys subtle yet brilliant comedy.
Napoleon Dynamite has caught a lot of slack and criticism because all the scene kids latched onto it and we were beaten over the head with it's indie-ness and how "cool" the film was and now its cool to hate that film, but I saw it the week it came out, before anyone new what the eff it was and it unique, quirky, subtly hilarious and witty. You could tell the writer was a child of the 80's/90's. I loved the homage it paid to that era. It deserved the attention and love it got initially because it was unique. Not to say the team responsible for ND had reinvented the wheel, or done something that no one else had done, but they did create a film that defied all modern conventions and went against the mainstream "grain" and was successful in spite of.
Humble Pie is NOT Napoleon Dynamite. That style of film has become tired and trite. It's not original. It's not unique. It's not quirky. Once ND was successful everyone wanted to mimic it's storytelling. Humble Pie aspires to be ND, but fails. It tries to use the same formula with the odd looking extras, a la the-farmers-with-speech-impediments, whom can't act and the fact that this is purely intentional to lend to the aesthetic of awkward "real" people. It's not funny anymore. I thought the story was very contrived, very forced. The characters didn't feel organic, but rather felt like stiff, generic stereotypes.
We live in an age where you can receive praise for a work if you slap the big ole stamp of "indie" on it. Throw in some quirky music and awkward interactions and people will eat it up. I do believe a movie like this can still be heartwarming, funny, witty, charming and a whole slew of other adjectives, but this one was not.
Just finished watching the movie.. thought i'd read up on some msgs people had to say about it.. never once did i think napoleon dynamite.
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Saw it on Netflix last night. Loved it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hubbel Palmer and Chris Bowman, if you're reading this, you guys should be proud. What a movie. I hope you get the recognition you deserve!
Just watched it on Starz Comedy, and loved it. When I looked it up here, I was surprised by its so-so rating.
shareI'm not saying that the story resembles ND, but that the cinematography, editing, awkwardness, dry humor etc. does. All of the aesthetics of the film were, very much so, in the vein of ND.
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