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Splinterheads (2009)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:3
Rotten:8
Average Rating:3.9/10
Rated: Not Rated
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Nov 6, 2009 Limited
Synopsis:
For Justin Frost (newcomer Thomas Middleditch in a breakthrough role), a typical day is
rolling out of bed at one, practicing improvised karate, and mowing grass for his best
friend’s landscaping...
For Justin Frost (newcomer Thomas Middleditch in a breakthrough role), a typical day is
rolling out of bed at one, practicing improvised karate, and mowing grass for his best
friend’s landscaping business. But when a traveling carnival lands in his small town,
Justin falls for a sexy con artist and wakes up to the life he has yet to begin living.
Written and directed by Brant Sersen, winner of the 2004 SXSW Audience Award for his
previous feature comedy Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, Splinterheads also
stars Rachael Taylor (Transformers), Christopher McDonald (Happy Gilmore), Lea
Thompson (Back to the Future), Dean Winters (HBO’s OZ), Frankie Faison (HBO’s
The Wire) and introducing Jason Rogel as Wayne Chung. --© Official Site
Starring: Thomas Middleditch, Rachael Taylor, Christopher McDonald, Lea Thompson
Starring: Thomas Middleditch, Rachael Taylor, Christopher McDonald, Lea Thompson, Dean Winters, Frankie Faison, Edmund Lyndeck, Jason Rogel, Pamela Shaw
Director: Brant Sersen
Director: Brant Sersen
Screenwriter: Brant Sersen
Story: Brant Sersen, Brendan McFeat Burke
Producer: Darren Goldberg, Christopher Marsh, Anisa Qureshi
Composer: John Swihart
Studio: Paladin
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Reviews for Splinterheads
The leads have no chemistry; the supporting cast of carnies and eccentrics is bland; the staging is dull; not a single gag lands; and Justin and Galaxy's one get-to-know-you conversation is never heard because it's buried in a road trip music montage.
Amusing, lively and imaginative with terrific, crisp cinematography, but it's often too cartoonish, convoluted, juvenile and low on laughs.
Splinterheads might suffice some late night on cable, but that's about it.
Attempts to compensate for its too-familiar romantic setup by defining its characters through idiosyncratic hobbies and traits.
Splinterheads, which aims to be a quirkier Adventureland, never rises above mildly amusing.
For a better courtship story set amongst the world of cotton candy and Tilt-a-Whirls, rent Adventureland instead.
It's another tale of an overgrown kid accepted for his sweet, stammering self and nurtured out of his cocoon.
Boasts loads of playful characters, kooky conversations and gorgeous visuals in the suburban wilds to spare. Not to mention the reputed oldest man in the world, Frankie Faison as unlikely boy toy, and a crazed cop with the pathological hots for Mom.
Despite positioning itself as a Napoleon Dynamite-style comedy about a spazzy social retard, Splinterheads seems to have misplaced most of its jokes.
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