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Today's movie was

Hamlet 2 (2008)

This Steve Coogan comedy is one of those 50/50 things. Half of it is very good and half is so-so.

It is a comedy about how the bottom half of the High School barrel in Tucson (a low barrel to begin with) manage to make a musical version of a sequel to Hamlet.

There is a lot of funny stuff in this and compared to the High School Musical franchise, a lot more honest about life on the outside lane in any hierarchy.

The musical itself is a lot better too. The performers are normal kids and not the professional clonish kids in the HSMs.

Coogan is often over the edge and then pulls back just short of too much.

I liked it about 50/50 too. That makes it a 3 out of Netflix5.

Labels: film, films