Friday, April 18, 2008
LOST AND FOUND
Today's movie was
I got it because I read that it was a gem which had been badly marketed and had dropped from view.
It stars Jeff Bridges and a wonderful ensemble cast in a story about people in a small town who decide to produce a porno film.
Don't worry. It makes complete sense in the film we see.
It is a funny, fast paced, sometimes very touching dip in to sweet vulgarity.
Remember this is a small town.
Jeff Bridges is brilliant and he is helped inestimably by actors like Tim Blake Nelson, Joe Pantoliano, Glenn Headley, Ted Danson (in a heart tugging role as a closeted gay man), and many others.
I liked it a lot. The jokes keep coming and the original story keeps surprising.
You will have never heard so many funny euphemisms for sexual parts or acts. The scenes where they make a study of porn films are gut busting. The filming of their film, even funnier.
I am glad that I found this one.
I will give it a 4 out of Netflix5.
