2 posts tagged “the office”
The film was decent enough. I was afraid going into it that the bit of romance between Carrell and Hathaway would be a bit creepy since he is in his mid 40s and she is in her mid 20s. Luckily, however, the filmmakers must have though so too because they added in a line where Hathaway's character has had plastic surgery and says that she is older than she looks. There aren't any make out or sex scenes or anything so it isn't all that bad.
The main problem with the film is that it isn't funny. It has some minor limited humor but for long stretches it is just a straight forward spy movie. It is entertaining enough as that but Get Smart is supposed to be fun. Carrell and Hathaway are both charming enough so they almost carry it off but not quite.
two thumbs up
Next time more jokes please
So it is entertaining
But just not funny
Like a lot of people I have a huge tv-crush on Jenna Fischer's character Pam from The Office. She's dreamy. Like a few people I love Troma films. Now imagine my delight when I find a Troma film starring, written by, and directed by Jenna Fischer. The only thing that could make it better was if she had made a zombie film...
While a Fischer Zombie film is yet to materialize this film is pretty entertaining not only because it is a Troma film and not only because you get to see another side of Fischer (and the bonus footage allow you to see that she seems almost as cool as Pan) but because it is a mocumentary that makes fun of self-serving people who set up lame charities.
Fischer stars as Jenna and Fischer's husband James Gunn stars as the husband James. They are fairly well off (we never learn exactly what either of them do for a living or where their money comes from) and decide to create a charity to help someone. Told in the typical documentary style we learn through a series of interviews, archival footage (which includes Fischer and Gunn's actual wedding video), and filming of scenes as they are allegedly happening, we learn that the main characters have decided to create a charity to help the homeless -- by giving them lollipops.
The film is basically a series of sketches as they try to get funding and we hear Fischer getting rejected and called horrible things by people on the phone, they hit up their famous friends, put on a presentation for a potential investor, try to create the artwork for the lollipop wrappers, deal with the stress it puts on their marriage, and, near the end, give the suckers to homeless people as a local tv reporter does a story on them. Some of the scenes are more funny than others but there is a lot of fun stuff here.
This was made before Fischer got the gig on The Office but oddly the documentary style is quite reminiscent of The Office and although her character is different there are quite a few scenes where we see Fischer cultivating that look of listening that she often has to have while listening to someone on the Office.
five thumbs up
lollipops are good
but probably not the best
way to help homeless
